■ noun
1》 an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc.
2》 an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and baked or fried.
↘a flattish compact mass of something: a ~ of soap.
3》 the amount of money or assets regarded as available for sharing: a fair slice of the education ~.
■ verb (of a thick or sticky substance) cover and become encrusted on.
Phrases
~s and ale dated merrymaking.
a piece of ~ informal something easily achieved.
sell like hot ~s informal be sold quickly and in large quantities.
take the ~ see take the biscuit at biscuit .
Derivatives
~y adjective ( informal ).
Origin
ME (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scand. origin.