Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buttering up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-ing up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of butter up

Questions

What does buttering up mean?
present participle and gerund of butter up

How to pronounce buttering up

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