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Verb
/ˈbo͝oCHər/,
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butchers, plural;
  1. Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food
    • - the meat will be butchered for the local market
  2. Kill (someone) brutally
    • - they butchered 250 people
  3. Ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence
    • - the film was butchered by the studio that released it
Noun
  1. A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop

  2. A person who slaughters and cuts up animals for food
    • - a pork butcher
  3. A person who kills or has people killed indiscriminately or brutally
    • - a callous butcher of men
  4. A person selling refreshments, newspapers, and other items on a train or in a stadium or theater


  1. (butcher) a retailer of meat
  2. (butcher) kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
  3. (butcher) a brutal indiscriminate murderer
  4. (butcher) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
  5. (butcher) bungler: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
  6. (butchery) abattoir: a building where animals are butchered
  7. The Butchers (also known as Maxie and Murderer's Keep is a 1970 thriller directed by Paulmichael Miekhe and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film follows a deaf girl who witnesses a dead body being stashed in a nearby butcher shop. ...
  8. (Butcher (surname)) Butcher is a common family name in England but it may have French origins. The name first reached England following its conquest by the Normans in 1066. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a Butcher. ...
  9. (Butcher (Surrey cricketer)) Butcher (dates unknown) refers to an English cricketer who was one of the most outstanding professional bowlers of the late 18th century. No personal details have been traced and knowledge of him is limited to what is in match reports and scorecards.
  10. (The butcher) A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks.http://www.merriam-webster. ...
  11. (The Butcher (film)) The Butcher (Le Boucher) is a 1970 French thriller film written and directed by Claude Chabrol.
  12. (butchery) The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse; An abattoir, a slaughterhouse; The butchering of meat; A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure; The stereotypical behaviors and accouterments of being a butch lesbian
  13. (Butcher) A carnie that will take every penny from a mark by confusing him and then forcing him to pay
  14. (butcher) butchers meats, poultry and sometimes fish. May also be responsible for breading meats and fish
  15. (butcher) a unit of volume for beer in South Australia. A butcher of beer is a glass holding 200 milliliters. This is called a glass or a seven in other parts of Australia.
  16. (Butcher) A concessionaire who sells his/her wares by carrying them into the audience.
  17. (Butcher) A person who prepares and cuts meat in preparation for sale. Local grocers and meat markets employ butchers. Before preparing beef jerky, consider consulting a butcher to help you select the best cut of meat for your recipe.
  18. (Butcher) An old term for a rider with excessively heavy and rough hands, also termed ‘Mutton-fisted’.
  19. (Butcher) To see them slaughtering cattle and much blood, you may expect long and fatal sickness in your family. To see a butcher cutting meat, your character will be dissected by society to your detriment. Beware of writing letters or documents.
  20. (Butcher) [b???r] – 1. (n) a rider who is constantly breaking parts of their bicycle. “Did Joe just break another wheel? That guy is such a butcher.” 2. (n) a nickname referring to Joe Kawalski.
  21. (Butcher) a person that works with meat. They cut the meat and sell it in their shop.
  22. (The Butcher) A demon named the Butcher. He must frequently be slain so that our souls may finally rest. A fan of fresh meat.
  23. (butcher) a small glass of beer, or a short beer, from the earlier practise of workers and tradesmen drinking a quick beer during a break from their job
  24. A butcher signifies that you will come in contact with someone who you had hoped to have seen the last of. To see an animal being killed by a butcher indicates the death of a friend or loved one. ...
  25. (butchery) řeznictví - 14 misses