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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
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- ²ú³Ü³Ù³¦³óİù·±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·²ú³Ü³Ù³¦³óİù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of butcher1
C13: from Old French bouchier , from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck 1; compare Welsh bwch he-goat
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Synonym Study
See slaughter.
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