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butcher¹
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbɵt͡ʃə/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɾ/ Scotland
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɹ/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -ʊtʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male goat, male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, ram”). See also English buck.
noun butchers
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
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A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
Butcher of an innocent child.
Similar: mayhemist
- A look.
- A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
- A king playing card.
verb butchers · butchering · butchered
- To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- To work as a butcher. He tells me he now earns three times as much as he did butchering.
- To kill brutally.
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To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
Similar: murder
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To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
I am bad at pronouncing names, so my apologies if I butcher any of your names.
Similar: debase, bastardize
butcher²
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbɵt͡ʃə/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɾ/ Scotland
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɹ/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -ʊtʃə(ɹ)
adjective
- comparative form of butch: more butch Weaver and Shaw dance together and almost immediately another butch, an even butcher butch (Leslie Feinberg), cuts in to dance with Shaw (though Shaw would kill me if she heard me call someone a butcher butch).
Butcher³
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slaughterer, meatman, slaughter, botcher, bumbler, blunderer, bungler, sad sack, fumbler, butchery, slaughterhouse, beef, toilet, cap, cover, fix
Translations
Every language
noun person who prepares and sells meat
| Español | carnicero, carnicera, matarife |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 푸주한 pujuhan |
| 日本語 | 肉屋 nikuya |
| 中文 | 屠夫 túfū, 屠戶 /屠户 túhù, 賣肉者 /卖肉者 màiròuzhě |
| हिन्दी | चिक cik, चिकवा cikvā, क़साई qasāī, कसाई kasāī, बूचड़ būcaṛ, क़स्साब qassāb |
| Kiswahili | bucha, mchinjaji |
| Português | talhante, açougueiro, açougueira |
| Français | boucher, bouchère |
| Deutsch | Fleischer, Fleischerin, Metzler, Metzlerin |
| Italiano | macellaio, macellaia |
| Ελληνικά | χασάπης chasápis, κρεοπώλης kreopólis |
| Română | măcelar, măcelăreasă |
| Русский | мясни́к mjasník |
| Tiếng Việt | người hàng thịt |
| العربية | جَزَّار jazzār, قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb, لَحَّام laḥḥām |
| עברית | שׁוֹחֵט shokhét, קַצָּב katsáv |
noun brutal or indiscriminate killer
| Español | carnicero |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 屠夫 túfū |
| हिन्दी | क़साई qasāī, कसाई kasāī |
| Português | carniceiro |
| Deutsch | Schlächter, Schlächterin |
| Italiano | macellaio, carnefice |
| Ελληνικά | σφαγέας sfagéas, μακελάρης makeláris |
| Română | măcelar, casap |
| Русский | мясни́к mjasník, пала́ч paláč |
| العربية | جَزَّار jazzār |
verb ruin something
| Español | chambonear, masacrar, mutilar, desfigurar, afear |
|---|---|
| Français | charcuter |
| Italiano | rovinare, danneggiare |
| Ελληνικά | καταστρέφω katastréfo, κατακρεουργώ katakreourgó |
| Română | ciopârți, masacra |
verb slaughter animals and prepare meat for market
| Español | carnear, matar, destazar, despostar, pishtar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 屠殺する tosatsu suru |
| 中文 | 屠宰 túzǎi |
| Português | abater, talhar, cortar |
| Français | abattre |
| Deutsch | schlachten |
| Italiano | macellare |
| Ελληνικά | σφαγιάζω sfagiázo |
| Română | măcelări, omorî, tăia |
| العربية | جَزَر jazar |
verb kill brutally
| Español | masacrar, carnear |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 屠殺 /屠杀 túshā |
| Português | trucidar, massacrar |
| Français | abattre |
| Deutsch | niedermetzeln |
| Italiano | massacrare |
| Ελληνικά | σφάζω sfázo, μακελεύω makelévo |
| Română | măcelări, căsăpi, masacra |
| العربية | جَزَر jazar, نَحَر naḥar |
verb to mess up
| Español | mascullar, mamullar, chapurrar, chapurrear, mascujar |
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