headbutt

UK/ˈhɛdbʌt/US/ˈhɛdbʌt/

verbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,692 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: headbutting, headbutts, headbutted

To headbutt is to hit somebody with your forehead. Headbutt him, headbutted in the face, a headbutt.

Done properly it uses the hard front of the skull against a soft target, and done wrongly it injures the person throwing it. It is a criminal assault everywhere and a sending-off offence in football. Note that the word is also a noun for the blow itself.

Definitions of headbutt

1verbheadbuttTo hit somebody with the forehead.B2+
“In the bar fight, one man headbutted the other and broke his nose.”

headbutt is a blow.

Where it comes from

Head plus butt, the verb meaning to strike with the head, from Old French boter, to push.

From head + butt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Hitting & Pushing

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headbutt in the wild

Chaouchi, who was later sent off for a second bookable offence, received a three-match ban by CAF for the headbutt.
Coffi Codjia
The soca-style song is about the France national football team's appearance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final, especially Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Marco Materazzi.
Coup de Boule
Although simple to execute, headbutt is one of the most dangerous moves, often causing fatalities.
Cabeçada
In the contemporary capoeira game, violent headbutts are generally avoided.
Cabeçada
A headbutt is a targeted strike with the head, usually to another person's head.
Headbutt (disambiguation)

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