butting

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/ˈbʌtɪŋ/US[ˈbʌɾɪŋ]

noun

An abuttal; a boundary.

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Meanings

butting1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of butt
nounbutting (plural buttings)

plural buttings

  1. An abuttal; a boundary.

    Without buttings or boundings on any side.

    1709, William Beveridge, The Being, Love, and Other Attributes of God

butting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of but
nounbutting (plural buttings)

plural buttings

  1. The act of delivering a butt with the head.

    […] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.

    1841, Joseph Hewlett, Theodore Edward Hook, The Parish Clerk, volume 1, page 59

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with butting

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Cite this entry
APA

butting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butting

MLA

“butting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butting.

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