butcher
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- A look.
- A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
- A king playing card.
Verb
- To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- To work as a butcher.
- To kill brutally.
- To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
Adjective
- comparative form of butch: more butch
Proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
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