biscuit

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, borrowed from Old French bescuit (French biscuit); doublet of biscotti.

noun

1. Alternative form of Bridget
2. (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.
   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. October 3 1992, Edwina Currie, Diary
3. (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.
4. (UK, Philippines) A cracker.
   cheese and biscuits
   water biscuits
   digestive biscuits
5. (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.
6. A form of unglazed earthenware.
   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, Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, page 248
7. A light brown colour.
   biscuit:
8. (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.
9. (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
10. (US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
    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
11. (ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
12. (slang) The head.
    Damn, damn, what they say about me? I don't know man, fuck is on your biscuit 2012-04-02, Nicki Minaj (lyrics and music), “Beez in the Trap” (track 4), in Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
    Me and my down ass nigga get twisted Nigga get to trippin', knock the gravy out your biscuit 2013-09-17, Jeezy featured by YG (lyrics and music), “My Nigga”, in My Krazy Life, track 7
    Henny right here, I'ma sip it You try me, it's shots at your biscuit 2019-10-04, 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 01-12-2022, YOUNGESTSAV (lyrics and music), “District”, PressPlay, 0:26 and oftener