butcher

/ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/

IPA: /B UH1 CH ER0/

noun

1
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
2
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
3
(from butcher's hook) A look.
4
A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.

verb

1
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
syn:kill slaughter
2
To kill brutally.
syn:massacre slay
3
To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
“The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".”
syn:murder

Synonyms

carnager flesher kill slaughter massacre slay mayhemist murder slayer

adjective

1
(originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

Synonyms

macho manly mannish masc unfeminine

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