headbutt

See also: head-butt and head butt

English

Alternative forms

• head butt, head-butt

Etymology

From head +‎ butt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdbʌt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

headbutt (plural headbutts)

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.

Translations

sharp blow

• Arabic: نَطْحَة f (naṭḥa)
• Catalan: cop de cap (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用頭撞／用头撞 (yòng tóu zhuàng)

• Danish: skalle c
• Dutch: kopstoot (nl) m
• Finnish: pääpukkaus
• French: coup de boule (fr) m, coup de tête (fr) m
• Galician: croque (gl) m, cabezada f, trucada (gl) f
• German: Kopfstoß (de) m, Kopfnuss (de) f
• Greek: κουτουλιά (el) f (koutouliá), κεφαλιά (el) f (kefaliá)
• Hungarian: lefejelés
• Icelandic: skalli m
• Irish: poc leis an gceann m, sonc leis an gceann m
• Italian: craniata f, testata (it) f, capocciata f
• Japanese: 頭突き (ja) (zutsuki), チョーパン (ja) (chopan)
• Korean: 박치기 (ko) (bakchigi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەلە (kele)

• Latin: arietatio f
• Maori: tukirae
• Polish: uderzenie głową n, uderzenie z Baśki n (slang)
• Portuguese: cabeçada (pt) f
• Russian: уда́р голово́й m (udár golovój), уда́р ба́шкой m (udár báškoj)
• Spanish: cabezada (es) f, cabezazo (es) m, topetazo
• Swedish: dansk skalle (sv) c, skallning (sv) c
• Turkish: kafa (tr)
• Welsh: peniad m

Verb

headbutt (third-person singular simple present headbutts, present participle headbutting, simple past and past participle headbutted)

1. To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
   • 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 52:

     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!'

Translations

to deliver a sharp blow

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用頭撞／用头撞 (yòng tóu zhuàng)

• Danish: nikke en skalle
• Dutch: een kopstoot geven
• Finnish: pukata päällä
• French: donner un coup de boule, donner un coup de tête
• German: Kopfnuss geben
• Greek: κουτουλώ (el) (koutouló)
• Hungarian: lefejel (hu), megfejel (hu) (slang)
• Icelandic: skalla
• Italian: dare una testata
• Japanese: 頭突きする (zutsukisuru)
• Korean: (머리로) 받다 (meori-ro badda, -batda)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Latin: arietō (capite)
• Maori: tukirae
• Polish: uderzyć głową, uderzyć z Baśki (slang)
• Portuguese: dar (uma) cabeçada
• Russian: бодать (ru) (bodatʹ) головой (ru) (golovoj) (impf), боднуть (ru) (bodnutʹ) головой (ru) (golovoj) (perf), бить (ru) (bitʹ) головой (ru) (golovoj) (impf), ударить (ru) (udaritʹ) головой (ru) (golovoj) (perf)
• Spanish: topetar (es)
• Swedish: skalla (sv), ge en dansk skalle (sv)
• Turkish: kafa atmak
• Welsh: pendolcio

See also

• butt heads with
• butthead
• butt
• Glasgow kiss

Anagrams

• butthead