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English

Adverb

full butt (not comparable)

(colloquial, idiomatic, dated) headfirst with full force
- 1692, 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 Sare, , →OCLC:
  Two Whimsical Chimeras, that were abroad upon Adventure, happen'd to encounter, head to head, full-Butt, upon the way
- 1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, The dog fiend:
  The corporal […] ran full butt at the lieutenant.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt , London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  "Now, Challenger, it's up to you to tell us where we are. We ain't nervous folk, as you know well; but when it comes to makin' a week-end visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgment, it wants a bit of explainin'."

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