rebutterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

rebut +‎ -er

名詞

rebutter (複数形 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.

語源 2

re- +‎ butter

動詞

rebutter (三人称単数 現在形 rebutters, 現在分詞 rebuttering, 過去形および過去分詞形 rebuttered)

1. (transitive) To apply butter to (something) again.
   • 1996 June, Craig D. Reed, Black Belt Magazine, "'Rumble in the Bronx' Stars Hits the Big Time in America After Years of Success in Asia", 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 and 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!'