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head-butter en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of headbutter.
    alt of headbutter
    • The big guy came running at me with his hands open to grab me, which might have meant he was a wrestler. But more likely it just meant he was a head-butter who wanted to yank me toward him, and then smash my face in with his forehead. 1995, Jerome Doolittle, Half Nelson: A Tom Bethany Mystery, page 103:
    • The second chap, Adrian Ameche, was a head-butter; he loved to butt his head against walls. 2006, Nana S. Achampong, i, immigrant, page 330:
    • ...during a week when he had been accused of headbutting one of his players — I went on the air and said I didn't know whether Knight was a head-butter or not, but I did know that he was a butt-head for his comment. 2001, Dick Schaap, Flashing Before My Eyes: 50 Years of Headlines, Deadlines & Punchlines, page 508:

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