kill, slaughter (an animal); murder indiscriminately
meat cutter, meat slaughterer, owner of a meat shop; murderer
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Butcher Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Butcher Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
(v. t.)
To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
(n.)
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
(n.)
A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
butcher
\butch"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. butchered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. butchering.]
1. to kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
2. to murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. [ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered.
butcher
\butch"er\ (&?;), n. [oe. bochere, bochier, of. bochier, f. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. of. boc, f. bouc, a buck goat; of german or celtic origin. see buck the animal.] 1. one who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
2. a slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "butcher of an innocent child."
butcher
bird (zo?l.), a species of shrike of the genus lanius.
note: the lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of europe. in england, the bearded tit is sometimes called the lesser butcher bird. the american species are l.borealis, or northern butcher bird, and l. ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. the name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it.
similar words(4)
butcher cumberland
butcher birds
lesser butcher bird
butcher bird
Meaning
Sick.
Origin
Australian rhyming slang. Butcher's hook = look = crook = sick.
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Origin
Australian rhyming slang. Butcher's hook = look = crook = sick.
Cigwr, Cigydd = n. a butcher
Cigyddio = v. to butcher
1. 285ml beer in South Australia; 2. look; 3. ill
1) feeling crook; 2) a look, e.g. "take a butchers at this"
very full
to look into it (rhymes with butcher's hook)
become angry with (rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" = "look"; "crook")
become angry with (rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" = "look"; "crook")
Noun
1. a retailer of meat
(synonym) meatman
(hypernym) merchant, merchandiser
(hyponym) pork butcher
(derivation) slaughter
2. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
(hypernym) murderer, liquidator, manslayer
3. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
(synonym) slaughterer
(hypernym) skilled worker, trained worker
(hyponym) knacker
(derivation) slaughter
4. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
(synonym) bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, fuckup
(hypernym) incompetent, incompetent person
Verb
1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
(synonym) slaughter
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) chine
(entail) cut
(derivation) meatman
Butcher Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
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.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectButcher Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or do any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. A butcher may be employed by supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish markets or may be self-employed.
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