Definition of butter up

butter up

verb - transitive

to flatter, especially for future gain.






Citation from "Begin the Begin", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Jun 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to take advantage of, cheat, trick':
screw over	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
trick	Definitions include: a person being used in a relationship sense for money or what they can do for the user.
bum steer	Definitions include: To mislead or to give (or receive) bad directions.
pork	Definitions include: police.
sell out	Definitions include: to exit a previous arrangement, change one's mind, change one's usual behavior, etc.
bent	Definitions include: greatly under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
scam	Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out".
hoodwink	Definitions include: to deceive by underhanded methods.
bamboozle	Definitions include: to deceive using underhanded methods; "dupe"; "hoodwink".
shaft	Definitions include: to steal.
BOHICA	Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again."
rook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "rookie".
dupe	Definitions include: to duplicate.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
sasser	Definitions include: to trick a person into doing something that like a good idea but will end in disaster.
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Other terms relating to 'butter':
bread and butter	Definitions include: the main source of income for a business.
bull butter	Definitions include: nonsense; "bullshit".
butter	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttered	Definitions include: inebriated.
butter face	Definitions include: a woman with an attractive body, but an ugly face.
butters	Definitions include: very ugly.
butter the bowl	Definitions include: to defecate.
duckbutter	Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals.
duck butter	Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals.
have (one's) peanut butter stirred	Definitions include: to be on the receiving end of anal intercourse.
know which side (one's) bread is buttered on	Definitions include: to not upset those that can help you.
man butter	Definitions include: Semen.
nut butter	Definitions include: semen.
PB	Definitions include: acronym for "peanut butter."
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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