rebutter

English

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rĭ-bŭ'tər, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbʌtə(ɹ)/
(US) enPR: rĭ-bŭ'tər, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbʌtɚ/, [ɹɪ̈ˈbʌɾɚ]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From rebut + -er.

Noun

rebutter (plural rebutters)

One who drives back or repulses
One who makes a rebuttal.
(law) A rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Derived terms

surrebutter

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English butter

English rebutter

From re- + butter.

Verb

rebutter (third-person singular simple present rebutters, present participle rebuttering, simple past and past participle rebuttered)

(transitive) To apply butter to (something) again.
- 1996 June, Craig D. Reed, “'Rumble in the Bronx' Stars Hits the Big Time in America After Years of Success in Asia”, in Black Belt Magazine, page 124:
  He dared to rebutter his bread with the original flavor of his stoicism, the western, but has once again left such films behind to die and has moved on.
- 1997, Josef Hiršal, Michael Henry Heim, A Bohemian Youth, page 67:
  It consisted of a thick white porridge leavened with yeast and eaten together with a boiled potato. It was often served seven days in a row, which meant it was reheated and rebuttered seven times over.
- 2006, Tango Wayne, Scandinal, page 78:
  'Holy cow!' Johnny absent-mindedly rebuttered a piece of toast. 'And we thought climate-change was bad!'

Anagrams

butterer