full butt

adverb

headfirst with full force

Meanings

adverbfull butt (not comparable)
  1. colloquialdatedidiomaticnot comparableheadfirst with full force

    The corporal […] ran full butt at the lieutenant.

    1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, The dog fiend
    2 more examples

    Two Whimsical Chimeras, that were abroad upon Adventure, happen'd to encounter, head to head, full-Butt, upon the way

    1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

    "Now, Challenger, it's up to you to tell us where we are. We ain't nervous folk, as you know well; but when it comes to makin' a week-end visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgment, it wants a bit of explainin'."

    1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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