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headbutt

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See also: head-butt and head butt

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Etymology

From head + butt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛdbʌt/
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Noun

headbutt (plural headbutts)

  1. A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

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Verb

headbutt (third-person singular simple present headbutts, present participle headbutting, simple past and past participle headbutted)

  1. (transitive) To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
    • 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 52:
      Then he got down on his hands and knees and pretended to headbutt the cat: 'Come on, come on, little ram! Let's see your horns!'

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