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full-butt

full-butt is the alternative form of full butt.

Meaning of full butt

Adverb

full butt (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, dated, idiomatic) headfirst with full force
    • Two Whimsical Chimeras, that were abroad upon Adventure, happen'd to encounter, head to head, full-Butt, upon the way1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Questions about full-butt

What is full-butt the alternative form of?
Full-butt is the alternative form of full butt.

Words near full-butt in the dictionary

  1. full-bound
  2. full-breasted
  3. full-brother
  4. full-brothers
  5. full-burn
  6. full-butt
  7. full-choke
  8. full-chokes
  9. full-course dinner
  10. full-course dinners
  11. full-course meal

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