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# headbutt

«headbutt» in Mova's school dictionary: **To hit someone or something hard with the top or front of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (headbutt, headbutts, headbutted, headbutting); noun (a headbutt, headbutts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hit someone or something hard with the top or front of your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#m1)

2) A headbutt is a hit like this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news about fights and football fouls; animals like goats and rams headbutt. Safety: headbutting can cause serious head injuries. Phrases: give someone a headbutt, headbutt the ball.

### examples

- The goat headbutted the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x1)
- Rams headbutt each other to show who is strongest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x2)
- The player was sent off for a headbutt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x3)
- Never headbutt anyone, it can badly hurt you both. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x4)
- The puppy headbutted my hand to be stroked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x5)
- Cats sometimes headbutt you gently to show they like you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/#x6)

### note

Also written head-butt. Past: headbutted (double t). It is violence when done to a person; a cat's gentle headbutt (bunting) is friendly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headbutt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headbutt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.