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butting Definition


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verb, tr & intr butted, butting
    1. To push or hit hard or roughly with the head, in the way a ram or goat might. See also head-butt.
      Thesaurus: ram, clash, collide, knock, smack, batter, buffet, strike, gore, horn, buck.
    2. To join or be joined end to end with it.
      Thesaurus: abut, adjoin, touch, bound, join.
      Form: butt against something (especially)
      Form: butt on something
noun
    1. A blow with the head or horns.
    2. The place where two edges join.
Etymology: 13c: from French boter to push or strike.

Phrasal Verb: butt in
    To interrupt or interfere.
Phrasal Verb: butt into something
    To interrupt (eg a conversation, or someone's private affairs).


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