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butters¹

  • /ˈbʌt.əz/ UK
  • /ˈbʌ.tɚz/ US
  • [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz] US

noun

  1. plural plural of butter

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of butter

butters²

  • /ˈbʌt.əz/ UK
  • /ˈbʌ.tɚz/ US
  • [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz] US

Where it comes from

Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

adjective

  1. UK, not comparable, slang Ugly.

Butters³

Where it comes from

A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.

proper noun Butterses

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Norman.
  2. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable Butters Stotch, a fictional character from the animated sitcom South Park.

Butters⁴

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Butter

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"butters." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/butters. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

butters. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/butters

Chicago

"butters." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/butters.

BibTeX
@misc{butters_2026,
  title = {butters},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butters},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}