English Explanatory Dictionary

butcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  2. A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  3. A look.
  4. A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
  5. A king playing card.
verb
  1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  2. To work as a butcher.
  3. To kill brutally.
  4. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
  5. To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
adj
  1. comparative form of butch: more butch
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/ en-us-butcher.ogg /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɹ/

Word forms

butcher butchers butchering butchered

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

flesher slayer mayhemist kill slaughter massacre slay murder debase bastardize

Derived words

Bibi the Butcher butcher bird butcherbird butcher block butcher blue butcher boy butcherdom butcherer butcheress butcher knife butcherless butcherlike butcherly butcherous butcher paper butcher's butcher's apron butcher's bill butcher's block butcher's broom butcher's hook butcher shop butchershop butcher's knife butcher's mourning butcher's paper butcher's steak butcher's stripes butcher's thumb butcher stripes fit as a butcher's dog horse butcher news butcher outbutcher Piccadilly butcher pig butcher pork butcher slink butcher

Translations

Finnish: tuhota Finnish: pilata French: charcuter Greek: καταστρέφω Greek: κατακρεουργώ Italian: rovinare Italian: danneggiare Norwegian: slakte Polish: rujnować Romanian: ciopârți Romanian: masacra Serbo-Croatian: иска̀сапити Serbo-Croatian: iskàsapiti Spanish: chambonear Spanish: masacrar Spanish: mutilar Spanish: desfigurar Spanish: afear Turkish: batırmak Turkish: sıçıp sıvamak
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