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butch

(bo͝och)

adj. Slang

Exhibiting stereotypically masculine appearance or behavior. Used especially of lesbians and gay men.

1. Slang One who is butch.

2. A haircut in which the hair is cropped close to the head.

[Probably from the male nickname Butch.]

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butch

(bʊtʃ)

adj

(of a woman or man) markedly or aggressively masculine

1. a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

2. a strong rugged man

[C18: back formation from butcher]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

butch

(bʊtʃ)

adj.

1. Slang.

a. (of a woman) having traits of behavior usu. associated with males.

b. (of a male) exaggeratedly masculine in manner.

2. of or designating a haircut in which the hair is closely cropped.

3. Slang. a butch person.

[1940–45]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	butch - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine dike, dyke derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" gay woman, lesbian, tribade - a female homosexual
Adj.	1.	butch - used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner macho masculine - associated with men and not with women
	2.	butch - (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" homosexual - sexually attracted to members of your own sex

butch

adjective manly, masculine, virile, he-man, chauvinist Paul was a butch outdoor type.

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Translations

gouine hommasse

macho mannelijk pot

twardziel

butch

[bʊtʃ]

A. ADJ [woman] → marimacho; [man] → macho

B. N (= woman) → marimacho m or f; (= man) → macho m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

butch

[ˈbʊtʃ] adj

[man] → costaud, viril

[woman] → costaude, masculine

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butch

adj (inf) clothes, hairstyle, manner → maskulin

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

butch

[bʊtʃ] adj (woman) (pej) → mascolina; (man) → macho inv

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You seen her at that Slavonic picnic last summer at Shellmound--that tall, nice-lookin' blonde that was with Butch Willows?"

"Well, she'd been runnin' with Butch Willows pretty steady, an' just because she could dance, Billy dances a lot with her.

"An' then Billy says to Butch, 'Are you done?' 'Yes,' Butch says;

'I've said my say, an' what are you goin' to do about it?' An' Billy says--an' what d'ye think he said, with everybody lookin' on an' Butch with blood in his eye?

He's got a rep as a fighter, an' when he just stood back 'an' let Butch have his way, everybody knew he wasn't scared, or backin' down, or anything.

He had not cared for the girl, and he had immediately stepped from between her and Butch. It was just the thing that Bert, out of sheer wickedness and love of trouble, would not have done.

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He thought of little things--Turk Smollet wheel- ing boards through the main street of his town in the morning, a tall woman, beautifully gowned, who had once stayed overnight at his father's hotel, Butch Wheeler the lamp lighter of Winesburg hur- rying through the streets on a summer evening and holding a torch in his hand, Helen White standing by a window in the Winesburg post office and put- ting a stamp on an envelope.

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