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to headbutt

to headbutt

4 6.1
To hit someone or something hard with your head
  • verb
  • /ˈhɛdˌbʌt/
translation icon : dar un cabezazo
  • You know, Nunez got sent off last night for headbutting Anderson.

You know, Nunez got sent off last night for headbutting Anderson.

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Examples

  • Archer headbutts Castor, who reels, snagging his leg around the chain.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The biker headbutts Ben in the face, sending him crashing off his stool to the floor.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • And he did headbutt me.

    Snake Eyes (1998)

  • I asked him for some ice because he headbutted me.

    Ticket to Paradise (2022)

  • In honor of Erk Russell, somebody needs to headbutt a player or two out there.

    Blog text (31)

  • The man headbutted me, and I don't remember anything after that.

    Snake Eyes (1998)

  • Then, because he was irritated, he leaned forward and headbutted the guy full in the face.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • He headbutted him.

    Crackerjack (2002)

  • He sends Sheamus into the ropes and headbutts him in the gut.

    Blog text (12)

  • During the argument, he decided to headbutt his opponent, showing his frustration.

Synonyms

to nut
vsto headbutt
  • Slang
6 9.9

To hit someone with your head

is a neutral term for a forceful head strike rather than slang

Antonyms

to embrace
142 2.8

To hold someone tightly to show affection

to caress
55 3.4

To touch someone or something gently to show love

How Forceful

to ram
1 4.1
to headbutt
4 6.1
to bump
111 1.0
to nudge
33 3.8
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

headbutt infinitive
headbutted past
headbutted past participle
headbutting present participle
headbutts third person singular

Morphology

headbutt = headbutt (transparent) = head + butt

The verb is a straightforward conversion of the compound noun 'headbutt', whose meaning is built transparently from 'head' + 'butt'.

Etymology

Headbutt is made from head and butt, where butt means 'to hit with the head', like a ram that butts with its head. So to headbutt someone is to hit them hard with your head.