Butcher - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbʊtʃər|
Brit.
|ˈbʊtʃə|
noun
- a retailer of meat (syn: meatman)
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market (syn: slaughterer)
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (syn: botcher, bungler)
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market (syn: slaughterer)
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (syn: botcher, bungler)
verb
Extra examples
...the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases...
They've hired someone to butcher the hogs.
Butcher was used for a glass containing about two-thirds of a pint; in modern times the size has dropped to about half a pint.
She used to get meat cheap at the butcher's.
The butcher weighed the chicken
Large pieces of meat are cut and repackaged at the butcher's shop.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: butcher
he/she/it: butchers
present participle: butchering
past tense: butchered
past participle: butchered
I/you/we/they: butcher
he/she/it: butchers
present participle: butchering
past tense: butchered
past participle: butchered
noun
singular: butcher
plural: butchers
singular: butcher
plural: butchers
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