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countable and uncountable, plural biscuits
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie. quotations
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.
1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary
(chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) 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.
(UK, Philippines) A cracker. examples
(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils. examples
A form of unglazed earthenware. quotations examples
Charm'd by your touch, the kneaded clay refines, / The biscuit hardens, the enamel shines […] .
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 87
An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, page 248
A light brown colour. examples
(woodworking) 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. examples
(US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
(US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver. quotations
I shoot my biscuit in the air until the sky is gone
2007, Army of the Pharaohs (lyrics and music), “Bloody Tears”, in Ritual of Battle
(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck). examples
(slang) The head. quotations
Damn, damn, what they say about me?I don't know man, fuck is on your biscuit
2012 April 2, Nicki Minaj (lyrics and music), “Beez in the Trap” (track 4), in Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Me and my down ass nigga get twistedNigga get to trippin', knock the gravy out your biscuit
2013 September 17, Jeezy featured by YG (lyrics and music), “My Nigga”, in My Krazy Life, track 7
Henny right here, I'ma sip itYou try me, it's shots at your biscuit
2019 October 4, Lil Tjay featured by Pop Smoke (lyrics and music), “War”, in Meet The Woo 2, track 13 0:47
[…] Risk it, you get slapped in your biscuit
2022 December 1, YOUNGESTSAV (lyrics and music), “District”, PressPlay, 0:26 and oftener