butcher
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/ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
noun
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- (from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
verb
- To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- To kill brutally.
- To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.“The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".”
adjective
- (originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
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Synonyms
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