butting

verb

present participle of butt
as in bumping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butting
  1. bumping
  2. pushing
  3. kicking
  4. shoving
  5. poking
  6. jabbing
  7. jostling
  8. prodding
Verb
  • Team 2023 Hagel becomes our first player to pull double-duty, bumping Ryan O’Reilly out of the forward group.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • This can sometimes work against you, though, since bumping the front of the laptop can register as an input.
    — John Loeffler, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • The former youth pastor suspected of pushing his wife off a Utah cliff died by suicide in a very unusual way, said the sheriff who oversees Las Vegas’ jails.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • As a car speeds up, the air resistance pushing against it increases and forces the engine to work harder, using more fuel to achieve the same speed.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • Cody Rhodes called out the logic of Gunther being rewarded after kicking Cody in the head with a car door.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Japan gained a one-point lead with fullback Takuro Matsunaga kicking a penalty goal and then sparking a long-range counter-attacking try from his own quarterline that was finished in the left corner by winger Kippei Ishida in 15th.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of kicking
Verb
  • Paredes was quickly on the scene, grabbing Garcia briefly by the throat and shoving him to the floor.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Among them was Argentina’s Leandro Paredes appearing to grab Spain’s Eric García by the throat before others started shoving and tripping each other to the turf.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of shoving
Verb
  • Instead, her dad looks under the table and sees a jumble of limbs with Chastain’s smiling face poking out at him.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of poking
Verb
  • The show ushered in a new era of winking, elbow-jabbing meta-musicals.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Definition of jabbing
Verb
  • The biggest lesson from the 2026 World Cup is not that B2B brands are jostling for center stage with B2C sponsors.
    — Nikos Lemanis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The statue is dragged via ropes by grunting Trojans before being lurched upright against a sacred temple, once again jostling those inside.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of jostling
Verb
  • Renowned Chilean filmmaker Valeria Sarmiento has a long history of prodding at memory in her films.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 July 2026
  • Payton now will be in the Parcells role, a Super Bowl-winning coach with an endless reservoir of experience pushing and prodding a young assistant with clear potential and the edge that comes with it.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of prodding
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