butting

verb

Definition of buttingnext
present participle of butt
as in bumping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butting
  1. bumping
  2. pushing
  3. kicking
  4. poking
  5. jabbing
  6. jostling
Verb
  • Then there was an inactive Georgia player getting too excited on Arian Smith’s 63-yard catch and run and bumping into a side judge; Smart said normally that would result in a warning, but this Big 12 crew went for the 15-yard penalty.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Heat were readying to inbound a pass in the backcourt while up by four points in the final 36 seconds when Thompson and Herro began bumping each other.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • She’s set to go on her Lifetimes Tour in April, kicking it off in Mexico, before heading to Australia and Europe.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
  • With that in mind, the Dodgers should at least continue kicking the tires on possibly acquiring Bichette.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of kicking
Verb
  • Carter first saw the disease up close in 1988 while visiting a village in Ghana where nearly 350 people had worms poking through their skin.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
  • At its most basic, a poke cake is made by poking holes into a warm cake and pouring on a frosting or filling mixture.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of poking
Verb
  • In the meantime, Democrats are jabbing back at GOP claims over the New Orleans atrocity.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of jabbing
Verb
  • There was more than a little jostling for fashion’s dealmaking spotlight as 2024 wrapped up.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Netanyahu described the move as defensive and temporary, and said it was aimed at making sure that none of the groups jostling for power inside Syria threatened Israel.
    Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of jostling
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