butcher
/ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ)//ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/
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.
- 2
To kill brutally.
- 3
To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
“The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".”
adjective
- 1
(originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
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