butter churning
Making solid fat
Butter churning is the process of agitating cream until the fat globules clump together and separate from the liquid buttermilk.
Traditionally done by hand with a wooden churn, it's now largely mechanized.
The phrase appears in slang for vigorous, repetitive motion—often sexual: They were butter churning all night.
- dasherQuick mover or agitator
- clabberNaturally curdled milk
- wooden paddleFlat-bladed rowing implement
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- hand crankManual rotation lever
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