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

rebut +‎ -er

Noun

rebutter (plural rebutters)

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

Etymology 2

re- +‎ butter

Verb

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

1. (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