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butcher
[booch-er]
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.
a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.
Synonyms: ,a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.
verb (used with object)
to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
to bungle; botch.
to butcher a job.
butcher
/ ˈ²úÊŠ³Ùʃə /
noun
a retailer of meat
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles something
verb
to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
to kill indiscriminately or brutally
to make a mess of; botch; ruin
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- butcherer noun
- unbutchered adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of butcher1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"He butchered me, there is no other word for it."
Frankly, the film has so little on its mind in general that if a butcher’s cleaver slammed through its skull, it would strike cotton candy instead of gray matter.
A company that ran a hazard-strewn butchers shop, where council inspectors found walls stained with blood and pools of blood on the floor, has been fined more than £58,000.
"I'll be buying from my local butchers who knows the local farmers and which herds the beef comes from," said one.
The title character in Whatever Happened to Phoebe Salt? dreams of swapping the grind of her butcher's job for a life in showbusiness.
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