headbutt

«headbutt» in Mova's school dictionary: To hit someone or something hard with the top or front of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (headbutt, headbutts, headbutted, headbutting); noun (a headbutt, headbutts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To hit someone or something hard with the top or front of your head. tree →

2) A headbutt is a hit like this. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and news about fights and football fouls; animals like goats and rams headbutt. Safety: headbutting can cause serious head injuries. Phrases: give someone a headbutt, headbutt the ball.

examples

• The goat headbutted the gate. tree →
• Rams headbutt each other to show who is strongest. tree →
• The player was sent off for a headbutt. tree →
• Never headbutt anyone, it can badly hurt you both. tree →
• The puppy headbutted my hand to be stroked. tree →
• Cats sometimes headbutt you gently to show they like you. tree →

note

Also written head-butt. Past: headbutted (double t). It is violence when done to a person; a cat's gentle headbutt (bunting) is friendly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «headbutt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.