Meanings
verbheadbutt (third-person singular simple present headbutts, present participle headbutting, simple past and past participle headbutted)
present singular third person headbutts · participle present headbutting · participle past headbutted · past headbutted · alternative head butt · alternative head-butt
- transitiveTo deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
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!'
2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 52
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Arabic نَطْحَة, نَطَحَ
- نَطْحَة (naṭḥa)sharp blow
- نَطَحَ (naṭaḥa)to deliver a sharp blow
Catalan cop de cap
- cop de capsharp blow
Chinese Mandarin 用頭撞 /用头撞, 用頭撞 /用头撞
- 用頭撞 /用头撞 (yòng tóu zhuàng)sharp blow
- 用頭撞 /用头撞 (yòng tóu zhuàng)to deliver a sharp blow
Danish skalle, nikke en skalle
- skallesharp blow
- nikke en skalleto deliver a sharp blow
Dutch kopstoot, een kopstoot geven
- kopstootsharp blow
- een kopstoot gevento deliver a sharp blow
Esperanto kapobato, kapobati
- kapobatosharp blow
- kapobatito deliver a sharp blow
Finnish pääpukkaus, pukata päällä
- pääpukkaussharp blow
- pukata päälläto deliver a sharp blow
French coup de boule, coup de tête
- coup de boulesharp blow
- coup de têtesharp blow
- donner un coup de bouleto deliver a sharp blow
- donner un coup de têteto deliver a sharp blow
German Kopfstoß, Kopfnuss
- Kopfstoßsharp blow
- Kopfnusssharp blow
- Kopfnuss gebento deliver a sharp blow
Greek κουτουλιά, κεφαλιά
- κουτουλιά (koutouliá)sharp blow
- κεφαλιά (kefaliá)sharp blow
- κουτουλώ (koutouló)to deliver a sharp blow
Hebrew נְגִיחָה, חַבְטַת רֹאשׁ
- נְגִיחָה (n'giẖá)sharp blow
- חַבְטַת רֹאשׁ (ẖav'tát rosh)sharp blow
- נָגַח (nagáẖ)to deliver a sharp blow
Hungarian lefejelés, lefejel
- lefejeléssharp blow
- lefejelto deliver a sharp blow
- megfejelto deliver a sharp blow
Icelandic skalli, skalla
- skallisharp blow
- skallato deliver a sharp blow
Irish poc leis an gceann, sonc leis an gceann
- poc leis an gceannsharp blow
- sonc leis an gceannsharp blow
Italian craniata, testata
- craniatasharp blow
- testatasharp blow
- capocciatasharp blow
- dare una testatato deliver a sharp blow
Japanese 頭突き, チョーパン
- 頭突き (zutsuki)sharp blow
- チョーパン (chopan)sharp blow
- 頭突きする (zutsukisuru)to deliver a sharp blow
Korean 박치기, 받다
- 박치기 (bakchigi)sharp blow
- 받다 (meori-ro badda, -batda)to deliver a sharp blow
Latin arietatio, arietō (capite)
- arietatiosharp blow
- arietō (capite)to deliver a sharp blow
Māori tukirae, tukirae
- tukiraesharp blow
- tukiraeto deliver a sharp blow
Polish uderzenie głową, uderzać głową
- uderzenie głowąsharp blow
- uderzać głowąto deliver a sharp blow
- uderzyć głowąto deliver a sharp blow
Portuguese cabeçada, dar cabeçada (uma)
- cabeçadasharp blow
- dar cabeçada (uma)to deliver a sharp blow
Russian уда́р голово́й, уда́р ба́шкой
- уда́р голово́й (udár golovój)sharp blow
- уда́р ба́шкой (udár báškoj)sharp blow
- бодать головой (bodatʹ)to deliver a sharp blow
- боднуть головой (bodnutʹ)to deliver a sharp blow
- бить головой (bitʹ)to deliver a sharp blow
- ударить головой (udaritʹ)to deliver a sharp blow
Spanish cabezada, cabezazo
- cabezadasharp blow
- cabezazosharp blow
- topetazosharp blow
- mochazosharp blow
- mochadasharp blow
- topetarto deliver a sharp blow
- cabecearto deliver a sharp blow
- amocharto deliver a sharp blow
- acapizarseto deliver a sharp blow
- atestarto deliver a sharp blow
Swedish dansk skalle, skallning
- dansk skallesharp blow
- skallningsharp blow
- skallato deliver a sharp blow
- ge en dansk skalleto deliver a sharp blow
Turkish kafa, kafa atmak
- kafasharp blow
- kafa atmakto deliver a sharp blow
Welsh peniad, pendolcio
- peniadsharp blow
- pendolcioto deliver a sharp blow
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headbutt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headbutt
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“headbutt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headbutt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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