buttering

verb

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

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to butter

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to butter
3. (countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to butter