butting
Colliding with forehead
Butting is striking or pushing with the head or horns.
Goats and rams are known for butting.
People butt heads when they clash or disagree: The two managers kept butting heads over the budget.
To butt in is to intrude or interrupt: Stop butting into our conversation.
Butting up against something means being adjacent to it: The property was butting up against the highway.
Striking with violent impact
- headbuttingStriking with the skull
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
- knockStrike-produced sound
collision · slam · jolt · shunt · thump · bang · crash · smash
Intrusive interference in others' concerns
- intrudingEntering without welcome
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- nosingInvestigating with curiosity
- interposingPlacing between others
encroaching · interloping · interrupting · overstepping · snooping · imposing · trespassing · unwelcome
Bony animal projections
rutting · locking · charging · sparring · dominance · territorial · mating · antlers
Sharing a border
- meetingGathering for discussion
- borderingSharing an edge with
- edgingDecorative border material
- seamingJoining by stitching
flush · end-to-end · connecting · joint · splice · fitting · aligning · mating
Striking with discord
- confrontingAddressing directly
- opposingStanding against something
- disputingArguing over validity
- challengingHard to accomplish
contending · feuding · quarreling · struggling · disagreeing · countering · resisting · defying
ramming
Striking with violent impact
- headbuttingStriking with the skull
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
knock · collision · slam · jolt · shunt · thump · bang · crash · smash · strike
meddling
Intrusive interference in others' concerns
interposing · encroaching · interloping · interrupting · overstepping · snooping · imposing · trespassing · unwelcome · obtrusive
horns
Bony animal projections
bucks · rutting · locking · charging · sparring · dominance · territorial · mating · antlers · herding
adjoining
Sharing a border
seaming · flush · end-to-end · connecting · joint · splice · fitting · aligning · mating · dovetailing
clashing
Striking with discord
- confrontingAddressing directly
- opposingStanding against something
- disputingArguing over validity
challenging · contending · feuding · quarreling · struggling · disagreeing · countering · resisting · defying · rebuffing
buttingkicking
Striking with foot
biting · scratching · punching · slapping · clawing
buttingwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
retreating · pulling away · pulling back · recoiling · backing off
buttingkeeping out
Blocking from entering
abstaining · refraining · holding back · leaving alone · disengaging
- butting inInterrupting without permission
- butting headsConflicting through stubbornness
- butting upMaking direct contact with
- head buttingStriking with the cranium
- butting outCeasing unwanted involvement