buttstroke

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noun
Definitions
  • (military) The act of striking a person with the butt of a rifle.

Etymology

Compound from English butt (cart, backside, buttocks, push, boundary mark, flatfish, type of cart, large cask, bottom) + English stroke.

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English

stroke

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