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biscuit

noun
/ˈbɪs.kɪt/

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Early Medieval Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Early Medieval Latin coquō Early Medieval Latin coctus Early Medieval Latin biscoctus Old French bescuitbor. Middle English bisquyte English biscuit From earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit (French biscuit); doublet of biscotto.

  1. derived from bescuit
  2. inherited from bisquyte

Definitions

  1. A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm

    A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

    • Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.

  2. A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar…

    A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

  3. A cracker.

    • cheese and biscuits
    • water biscuits
    • digestive biscuits
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to…

      Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.

      • Near-synonyms: tack, bread
      • He was a long, earnest man, and though born on an icy coast, seemed well adapted to endure hot latitudes, his flesh being hard as twice-baked biscuit.

    2. A form of unglazed earthenware.

      • Charm'd by your touch, the kneaded clay refines, / The biscuit hardens, the enamel shines […].
      • In 1740, Thomas Whieldon of Little Fenton made 'toys' in either the clay or biscuit state. They were coloured with zaffre, copper, manganese, etc. and glazed with black, red or white lead.
      • An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

    3. A light brown colour.

    4. A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of…

      A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

    5. A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

    6. A handgun, especially a revolver.

      • I shoot my biscuit in the air until the sky is gone

    7. A puck (hockey puck).

    8. The head.

      • Damn, damn, what they say about me? I don't know man, fuck is on your biscuit
      • Me and my down ass nigga get twisted Nigga get to trippin', knock the gravy out your biscuit
      • Henny right here, I'ma sip it You try me, it's shots at your biscuit

    9. An inner tube used in the sport of tubing, or biscuiting.

    10. A young woman.

    11. To fire (pottery) in a kiln, without a ceramic glaze.

    12. To take part in the sport of tubing, riding down a river on an inner tube.

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Derived

Abernethy biscuit, air biscuit, Anzac biscuit, arse biscuit, Belgian biscuit, biccy, bickie, biscuit beetle, biscuit bomber, biscuit bun, biscuit cutter, biscuit-cutter, biscuiteer, biscuit firing, Biscuitgate, biscuit hooks, biscuit jointer, biscuitless, biscuitlike, biscuit root, biscuitroot, biscuits and gravy, biscuit shooter, biscuit star, biscuit tin, biscuit ware, biscuit weight, biscuity, bisquick, bite the biscuit, boudoir biscuit, Bourbon biscuit, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, butter someone's biscuit, cathead biscuit, cold biscuit, digestive biscuit, disco biscuit, dog biscuit, doggie biscuit · +41 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at biscuit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at biscuit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at biscuit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA