Synonyms for butter up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : buht-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌt ər

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Définition of butter up

Origin : Old English butere "butter," general West Germanic (cf. Old Frisian, Old High German butera, German Butter, Dutch boter), an early loan-word from Latin butyrum "butter" (source of Italian burro, Old French burre, French beurre), from Greek boutyron, perhaps literally "cow-cheese," from bous "ox, cow" (see cow (n.)) + tyros "cheese;" but this might be a folk etymology of a Scythian word.
The product was used from an early date in India, Iran and northern Europe, but not in ancient Greece and Rome. Herodotus described it (along with cannabis) among the oddities of the Scythians. Butter-knife attested from 1818.

verb charm someone with flattery

Example sentences :

Ye see she's dependent on Jeames, so she has to butter up at 'im.
Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie

You may draw the butter up out of the well, presently, when breakfast is quite ready.
Extract from : « Mildred Keith » by Martha Finley

When you reach the place where your left hand feels empty without a piece of bread in it, just butter up another amole and try it.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Thereput them in that cupboard, and set the butter up here, and put the bread in this box, do you see?
Extract from : « The Wide, Wide World » by Susan Warner

I say so myself; and butter up my vanity with all the stimulating compliments I can think of.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

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