butted
past simple and past participle ofbutt
butt
verb[IorT]
uk/bʌt/us/bʌt/tohitsomething or someone hard with theheador thehorns
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- groom
- hatch
- hover
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- non-migratory
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- skitter
- slaver
- torpor
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Hitting and beating
Phrasal verbs
butt in
butt out
Examplesofbutted
butted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Theybuttedhim to the floor and charged through the now open gate on to the platforms.
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Another person wasbuttedin the left eye and suffered injuries necessitating 13 stitches and a partial loss of sight.
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I make no apology for havingbuttedin this afternoon.
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When one places notices on trees they may be eaten by wandering cattle,buttedby deer and may have to be replaced.
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Two, a thick longitudinal should never bebuttedto the thinner one aft of the bulkhead.
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Webuttedinto the generation of electricity and what we did at that time was a great step forward, which could not have been taken at a later time.
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The sons of the old rivalsbuttedheads politically and, increasingly, in the scandal sheets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the middle of the re-recordings, theybuttedheads in the studio and ended their partnership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Adjacent frame ties arebuttedclose to each other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This could indicate that they were social animals whichbuttedheads for breeding privileges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Predictably, theybuttedheads at every turn, but also developed a grudging respect for each other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two initiallybuttedheads, but came to respect and trust each other, essentially becoming bona fide buddy cops.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itbuttedup to the riding-ring on the southern edge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Laths must be nailed so as to break joint in bays three or four feet wide with endsbuttedone against the other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ritchey is well-known for his mountain bikes, but he has also produced road and cyclo-cross frames, usually ofbuttedchromoly steel tubing.
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- aggravation
- aggregate
- aggregate amount
- aggregate consumption
- aggregated
- aggregate demand
- aggregate-demand
- aggregate expenditure
- aggregate figure
- aggregate fruit
- aggregate-fruit
- aggregate index
- aggregate measure
- aggregate output
- aggregate planning
- aggregate-planning
- aggregate score
- aggregate-score
- aggregate size
- aggregate supply
- aggregating
- aggregation
- aggregator
- aggression
- aggressive