butting

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of pushing with the butt or the forepart of the body.

  - "The bull was butting heads with another bull."
  - "The players were butting the ball back and forth."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with butting
putting , hutting , rutting

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Homonyms

Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

1. Butter (en) : A dairy product made from the churned fat of milk.
   

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Butting (en) : A type of joint in construction, where two pieces of material are joined end to end.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of butting that leads to same result
butt , butt heads , butted , butted heads , butting , butting heads , butts , butts heads , butt in , butted in , butting in , butts in , butt out , butted out , butting out , butts out , head-butt , head-butted , head-butter , head-butters , head-butting , head-butts , headbutt , headbutted , headbutter , headbutters , headbutting , headbutts

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Forms

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Butted, Butting, Butts

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant 'to push with the forepart of the body'. The word comes from the Old English word 'butan', which meant 'to strike, to touch'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'butting' is also used in the field of genetics to describe the mating of two animals or organisms.

2. The world record for the longest headbutt was achieved by a man named Steve Bellew, who headbutted a wall 11.3 meters (37 feet) in 2005.

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Related Concepts

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1. Headbutt: A physical attack where an individual uses the forehead to strike another person or animal.

2. Ramming: A similar concept to butting, where an object or animal rams into another object or animal.

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Culture

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In literature, 'butting' has been used to describe physical confrontations between characters. In art, the term 'butting heads' is used to describe two objects or animals colliding.

How to Memorize "butting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine pushing against something with your butt or forehead to understand the meaning of 'butting'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'butting' with physical confrontations or collisions.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Butting is a push with your butt' to remember the meaning of the word.

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