butting
a boundary; limit.
Origin of butting
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How to use butting in a sentence
He does his first draft, and then you make a pass at it, and then is there head-butting after?
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind | Marlow Stern | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInsert your own cognitive disabilities from head-butting in the House of Representatives joke.
Up to a Point: The U.S. Government’s Minimum Wage Is $430 Million Per Hour | P. J. O’Rourke | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAgain, someone forgot to tell Republicans that Netanyahu insists he wasn't butting into U.S. elections.
Ironically, Joe Ricketts is butting heads with Emanuel, recently asked to revive super-PAC efforts on behalf of Obama.
Joe Ricketts’s Super-PAC Attacks True Victim: Wrigley Field | James Warren | September 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI think the reality is that we were still butting up against sexism.
Behind ‘The Good Girls Revolt’: The ‘Newsweek’ Lawsuit That Paved the Way for Women Writers | Jessica Bennett, Jesse Ellison | September 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
She howled and sprang up on Bregg, butting her great head into his shoulder, wriggling with delight.
The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond HamiltonSo all the large vessels steamed head on for the iron-clad, butting her right and left.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousMr. Bradlaugh had to hold together a different species, with leaping legs, butting horns, and a less gregarious tendency.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteAfter butting the boy he 52had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed him.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego MontgomeryHe wheeled and swam for shore, going straight 131for the guard, who stood still, not knowing Billy Junior was bent on butting him.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego Montgomery
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