buttering

Pluralbutterings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of butter. Use it for spreading butter that is happening right now.

   She is buttering the bread for the whole table.

   He kept buttering one roll after another.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Putting butter on something, like spreading it on toast or rubbing it inside a pan.

   A little buttering made the warm toast taste even better.

   Careful buttering of the pan kept the eggs from sticking.

   Similarcoating, greasing

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Turning on skis or a snowboard using only the nose or tail tips.

   Like spinning a top on just its point instead of its whole base.

   Her buttering across the flat snow looked smooth and easy.

   A good buttering needs balance on just one end of the board.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   Riding on the front or back end of a snowboard or skis as part of a trick.

   He did some quick buttering on the flat snow before he spun off the jump.

   Her buttering on the snowboard turned a simple spin into a trick the crowd cheered for.

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