butcher
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman boucher, from Old French bouchier (“‘goat slaughterer’”), from bouc (“‘goat’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"bUtS.@(r)/
- (US) IPA: /ˈbʊʧ.ɝ/
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- Rhymes: -ʊtʃə(r)
[edit] Noun
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butcher (plural butchers)
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- Weyler was referred to as a "Butcher" by yellow journalists.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, via butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses , etc. (old, informal).
[edit] Translations
a person who prepares and sells meat
a brutal or indiscriminate killer
[edit] Verb
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to butcher (third-person singular simple present butchers, present participle butchering, simple past and past participle butchered)
- (transitive) To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market.
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (transitive) To ruin something, often to the point of defamation.
- The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
[edit] Translations
To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market
To kill brutally
To ruin something
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