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headbutter en · NOUN

Etymology

From headbutt + -er.

Meanings

1. One who headbutts.
   • Now meet the king of the headbutters: Pachycephalosaurus. This dinosaur was the largest of a group sometimes called "thick-headed lizards," which had specially thick skulls that were used for head-butting contests. 2002, Paul Dowswell, The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs, page 132:
   • She was a headbutter, a button- pusher. 1997, Sheila Weller, Saint of Circumstance: The Untold Story Behind the Alex Kelly Rape Case : Growing Up Rich and Out of Control, page 87:
   • Good kickers could help with soccer practices; skilled headbutters could become champion goalies. 2014, Richard Kagan, Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children, page 215:

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