headbutter

See also: head-butter and head butter

English

Etymology

From headbutt +‎ -er.

Noun

headbutter (plural headbutters)

1. One who headbutts.
   • 1997, Sheila Weller, Saint of Circumstance: The Untold Story Behind the Alex Kelly Rape Case : Growing Up Rich and Out of Control, page 87:

     She was a headbutter, a button- pusher.

   • 2002, Paul Dowswell, The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs, page 132:

     Now meet the king of the headbutters: Pachycephalosaurus. This dinosaur was the largest of a group sometimes called "thick-headed lizards," which had specially thick skulls that were used for head-butting contests.

   • 2014, Richard Kagan, Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children, page 215:

     Good kickers could help with soccer practices; skilled headbutters could become champion goalies.

Anagrams

• butterhead