Alternative spellings

• creme
• creyme

Etymology

From (modern: ), blend of (from ), and , perhaps from . Replaced . Borrowed again from in the 1800s, as . Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).

Noun

1. The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le MOrte Darthur, Book V:

     there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.

2. The oily part of milk which rises to the top.

   Follow the recipe and add the heavy cream next.

   1. The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
3. A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.

4. Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
   • 2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, ISBN 1579548482, page 267:

     Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.

5. The best part of something.

   The cream of the crop.

6. An ointment or salve for the skin.

   You look really sunburnt; you'd better put on some cream soon.

7. Semen.
   • 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! (novel), Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ISBN 0-9668030-2-7, page 155,

     He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream.

   • 2003, Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights” in Tied with a Bow, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, ISBN 1843607433, page 74,

     He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.

   • 2004, Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers, iUniverse, ISBN 0595317898, page 158,

     When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.

Verb

1. To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.

   Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.

2. To turn into a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
3. To obliterate, to win over someone else quite decisively.

   We creamed the opposing team!

4. To ejaculate .

Related terms

• crème brûlée
• crème caramel
• crème de cacao
• crème de la crème

• crème de menthe
• crème fraîche
• espresso crème

• ramekin
• ras malai
• vichyssoise