# butters

Pronunciation: US say "BUT-urz" /ˈbʌ.tɚz/; UK say "BUT-uhz" /ˈbʌt.əz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of butter. — third-person singular simple present indicative of butter
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of butter. Use it after he, she, it, or one person.
   - _The baker butters the tins before the dough goes in._
   - _On the last jump the rider butters the tail of his board and spins out clean._

## Adjective

2. Ugly. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: Ugly, in British slang.
   - _The lads agreed the new stadium was proper butters, all grey concrete and no soul._
   - _She thought the dress was butters but wore it to please her mum._

## Noun

3. Plural of butter. — plural of butter
   - Simple: Plural of butter. Use it for different kinds of butter.
   - _The tasting compared three cultured butters from small dairies._
   - _Shea and cocoa butters are the base of most of her hand creams._

## Origin

It began as a clipping of 'butterface', a term for a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/butters (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).