business end of something

business end (of something)

n. the dangerous end of something; the part of something that does something as opposed to the part one holds on to. Harry burned himself on the business end of a soldering iron.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ottaviano	-	Italian
Lisette	lee-ZET (French)	French, English
Slavomir	-	Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Boaz	BO-az (English)	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Bertie	BUR-tee	English
Gunn	-	Norwegian