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Definition of butt verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

butt

verb
 
/bʌt/
 
/bʌt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they butt
 
/bʌt/
 
/bʌt/
he / she / it butts
 
/bʌts/
 
/bʌts/
past simple butted
 
/ˈbʌtɪd/
 
/ˈbʌtɪd/
past participle butted
 
/ˈbʌtɪd/
 
/ˈbʌtɪd/
-ing form butting
 
/ˈbʌtɪŋ/
 
/ˈbʌtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. butt somebody/something to hit or push somebody/something hard with your head
  2. butt somebody/something if an animal butts somebody/something, it hits them or it hard with its horns and head
  3. Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.
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