Butting

//ˈbʌtɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An abuttal; a boundary.

    "Without buttings or boundings on any side."

  2. 2
    The act of delivering a butt with the head.

    "[…] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of butt form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of but form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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barhowevermerelyyetabburac

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"Tom doesn't want Mary butting in."

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