headbutt

A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

Noun

  1. A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

Origin

From head + butt.

Forms

headbutts head butt head-butt

Verb

  1. To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
    • Then he got down on his hands and knees and pretended to headbutt the cat: 'Come on, come on, little ram! Let's see your horns!' - 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad,...

Forms

headbutts headbutting headbutted head butt head-butt

Related

butt heads with butthead butt Glasgow kiss

Derived

headbutter headbutt with