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buttering

verb

Meaning

  1. To spread butter on.
  2. To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow.
  3. To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
  4. The application of butter to something.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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