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butting

SayBUT-ing/ˈbʌtɪŋ/

Noun pluralbuttings

4 meanings of butting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of butt. Use this form for the action happening now, like an animal hitting with its head.

    The goat is butting the gate again.

    Two young rams were butting each other in play.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A hard hit given with the head.

    Like a hard push, but using the head instead of the hands.

    The ram gave the fence a strong butting.

    His sudden butting surprised everyone in the ring.

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    The edge where one piece of land meets another.

    Like the line on a map where one yard ends and the next begins.

    The fence marks the butting between the two farms.

    Each butting was shown clearly on the map.

    Similarboundary, abuttal, border

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    verbarchaic
    Present participle of but. Use this form for the action of objecting to something by saying "but" again and again.
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butting is a form of butt

butt, verb: To hit something hard, usually with the head. Full entry

Forms
buttbutts he/she/itbutting -ing formbutted past tense, past participle
Spelling
butt → butting: add -ing

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