Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butter someone's biscuit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter -some-one's bis-cuit
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

butters someone's biscuit (present, singular) buttering someone's biscuit (participle, present) buttered someone's biscuit (participle, past) buttered someone's biscuit (past)

Synonyms

float someone's boat

Questions

What does butter someone's biscuit mean?
To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

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