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butter someone's biscuit

butter someone's biscuit verb: to interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

Verb

butter someone's biscuit (third-person singular simple present butters someone's biscuit, present participle buttering someone's biscuit, simple past and past participle buttered someone's biscuit)

  1. (slang) To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

Synonyms of butter someone's biscuit

Forms of butter someone's biscuit

third-person singular presentbutters someone's biscuit
present participlebuttering someone's biscuit
past participlebuttered someone's biscuit
pastbuttered someone's biscuit

Questions about butter someone's biscuit

What does butter someone's biscuit mean?
Butter someone's biscuit means to interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
What part of speech is butter someone's biscuit?
Butter someone's biscuit is a verb.
What is the past tense of butter someone's biscuit?
The past tense of butter someone's biscuit is buttered someone's biscuit.

Words near butter someone's biscuit in the dictionary

  1. butter salt
  2. butter scoop
  3. butter scoops
  4. butter slime
  5. butter slimes
  6. butter someone's biscuit
  7. butter tart
  8. butter tarts
  9. butter tea
  10. butter teas
  11. butter teeth

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