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buttering en · NOUN

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  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to butter ▸ The application of butter (n.) to something.
    • It is interesting that the sentences that Davidson uses in his arguments for events are all about genuine flesh and blood events: butterings of toast, explosions of boilers, raisings of arms, kickings of Shem and Sean and the like. 1986, R. Barcan Marcus, G. J. W. Dorn, P. Weingartner, Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science VII:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to butter ▸ The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to butter ▸ The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver. ▸ The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards

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tailbuttering · nosebuttering

buttering en · VERB

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  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of butter
    form of butter