butter out (English, verb)
expansion: butter out (third-person singular simple present butters out, present participle buttering out, simple past and past participle buttered out)
Senses:
glosses: To be spread like butter over a surface or, figuratively, over a concept, group of people, etc.
tags: transitive
glosses: To speak (some words), sputtering or overly excited.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: butters out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buttering out
tags: participle
present
form: buttered out
tags: participle
past
form: buttered out
tags: past