butch·er (b ch  r)n. 1. a. One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market. b. One who sells meats. 2. One that kills brutally or indiscriminately. 3. A vendor, especially one on a train or in a theater. 4. One who bungles something. tr.v. butch·ered, butch·er·ing, butch·ers 1. To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market. 2. To kill brutally or indiscriminately. 3. To botch; bungle: butcher a project; butchered the language. [Middle English bucher, from Old French bouchier, from bouc, boc, he-goat, probably of Celtic origin.] butch er·er n. |
butcher [ˈbʊtʃə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) a retailer of meat
2. (Business / Professions) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
3. an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
4. a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles something
vb (tr)
1. to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
2. to kill indiscriminately or brutally
3. to make a mess of; botch; ruin
[from Old French bouchier, from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck1; compare Welsh bwch he-goat]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  butcher - a retailer of meat merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade pork butcher - a vendor of pork and products made from pork |
| 2. | butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | |
| 3. | butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market knacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughter | |
| 4. |  butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetenceincompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action | |
| Verb | 1. | butcher - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" chine - cut through the backbone of an animal kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
butcher
noun
1. meat trader, slaughterer, meat merchant, meat seller I went to the butcher for steak for my lunch.
2. murderer, killer, slaughterer, slayer, destroyer, liquidator, executioner, cut-throat, exterminator Klaus Barbie was known in France as the Butcher of Lyon.
Translations
butcher [ˈbʊtʃəʳ]
A. N
1. (gen, also fig) → carnicero/a m/f
butcher's (shop) → carnicería f
at the butcher's → en la carnicería
butcher's (shop) → carnicería f
at the butcher's → en la carnicería
3. let's have a butcher's (Brit) → déjame verlo RHYMING SLANG
B. VT [+ animal] → matar (fig) → hacer una carnicería con, masacrar
butcher [ˈbʊtʃər]
butcher
n
→ Fleischer m, → Metzger m (dial), → Schlachter m (N Ger); butcher’s (shop) → Fleischerei f, → Metzgerei f (dial), → Schlachterei f (N Ger); at the butcher’s → beim Fleischer etc; butcher’s boy → Fleischerjunge etc m; butcher’s wife → Fleischersfrau etc f
(fig: = murderer) → Schlächter m
vt animals → schlachten; people → abschlachten, niedermetzeln; (fig) play, piece of music, language → vergewaltigen; his butchered body → seine schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche
butcher [ˈbʊtʃəʳ]
butcher [ˈbʊtʃəʳ]
1. n (also) (fig) → macellaio
butcher's knife → coltello da macellaio (Culin) → coltello per carne (cruda)
butcher's (shop) → macelleria
at the butcher's → dal macellaio
butcher's knife → coltello da macellaio (Culin) → coltello per carne (cruda)
butcher's (shop) → macelleria
at the butcher's → dal macellaio
2. vt → macellare
butcher [ˈbʊtʃəʳ]
1. n (also) (fig) → macellaio
butcher's knife → coltello da macellaio (Culin) → coltello per carne (cruda)
butcher's (shop) → macelleria
at the butcher's → dal macellaio
butcher's knife → coltello da macellaio (Culin) → coltello per carne (cruda)
butcher's (shop) → macelleria
at the butcher's → dal macellaio
2. vt → macellare
n butcher [ˈbutʃə]
a person whose business is to kill cattle etc for food and/or sell their flesh. slagter لَحّام، قَصّاب касапин řezník slagter der Fleischer, der Metzger χασάπης carnicero lihunik, lihamüüja قصاب teurastaja boucher/-ère קָצַב कसाई, बूचड़ mesar hentes, mészáros penjagal slátrari macellaio 肉屋 정육점 주인 mėsininkas, skerdėjas miesnieks penjual daging slager slakter rzeźnik homem do talho măcelar мясник mäsiar, -ka mesar mesar slaktare คนชำแหละเนื้อสัตว์ kasap 屠夫 м'ясник قصائی ، قصاب người hàng thịt 屠夫
v
1 to kill for food. slag يَذْبَحُ заколвам porážet (dobytek) slagte schlachten σφάζω για το κρέας matar tapma ذبح کردن teurastaa abattre לִשְחוֹט खाने के लिए मारना klati (le)mészárol menyembelih slátra macellare 屠殺する 도살하다 skersti kaut (lopus) menyembelih slachten slakte szlachtować, zarzynać abater a tăia забивать, резать zabiť (dobytok) klati klati slakta ฆ่าสัตว์ขาย (hayvan) kesmek 屠宰 забивати خوراک کے لئے ہلاک کرنا ، ذبح کرنا giết mổ 屠宰
2 to kill cruelly All the prisoners were butchered by the dictator. wreedaardig vermoor يَقْتُلُ بِوَحْشِيَّه убивам жестоко povraždit, zavraždit slagte abschlachten δολοφονώ, σφάζω masacrar elajalikult tapma قتل عام کردن؛ بی رحمانه کشتن tappaa raa'asti massacrer לִטְבּוֹח निर्दयता से वध करना masakrirati leöl membantai slátra; strádrepa fare strage di 虐殺する 학살하다 nužudyti, išskersti slepkavot dibunuh dengan kejam afslachten slakte (ned) zarzynać massacrar a masacra безжалостно убивать povraždiť (po)klati poklati slakta ฆ่าอย่างโหดเหี้ยม katliam yapmak, kan dökmek 殘殺 убивати безжалісно بے رحمی سے ہلاک کرنا tàn sát 残杀
butcher → جزار řezník slagter Metzger χασάπης carnicero teurastaja boucher mesar macellaio 肉屋 정육점 주인 slager slakter rzeźnik açougueiro, homem do talho мясник slaktare คนขายเนื้อ kasap người bán thịt 屠夫
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