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noun
1.
the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
2.
this substance, processed for cooking and table use.
3.
any of various other soft spreads for bread: apple butter; peanut butter.
4.
any of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put butter on or in; spread or grease with butter.
6.
to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks.
7.
Metalworking. to cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal.
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Butter up
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
8.
butter up, Informal. to flatter someone in order to gain a favor: He suspected that they were buttering him up when everyone suddenly started being nice to him.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English butere < Latin būtȳrum < Greek boútȳron
before 1000; Middle English; Old English butere < Latin būtȳrum < Greek boútȳron
Related forms
but·ter·less, adjective
but·ter·like, adjective
un·but·tered, adjective
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| butter up | |
| —vb | |
| (tr, adverb) to flatter | |
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Idioms & Phrases
butter up
Excessively praise or flatter someone, usually to gain a favor. For example, If you butter up Dad, he'll let you borrow the car. This term transfers the oily, unctuous quality of butter to lavish praise. [c. 1700]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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