| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: butt·ed, butt·ing, butts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To hit or push something with the head or horns. 2. To project forward or out. | | NOUN: | A push or blow with the head or horns. | | PHRASAL VERBS: | butt in To interfere or meddle in other people's affairs. butt out Slang 1. To leave someone alone. 2. To leave; depart. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English butten, from Old French bouter, to strike, of Germanic origin. See bhau- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | butt er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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