butcher

butch·er

 (bo͝och′ər)

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. See Synonyms at botch.

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[Middle English bucher, from Old French bouchier, from bouc, boc, he-goat, probably of Celtic origin.]

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butch′er·er n.

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butcher

(ˈbʊtʃə)

n

1. (Professions) a retailer of meat

2. (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)

5. to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat

6. to kill indiscriminately or brutally

7. to make a mess of; botch; ruin

[C13: from Old French bouchier, from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck¹; compare Welsh bwch he-goat]

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butch•er

(ˈbʊtʃ ər)
n.

1. a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.

2. a person who slaughters certain animals or dresses their flesh for food or market.

3. a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate murder.

4. a vendor who hawks refreshments, newspapers, etc., as on a train.

v.t.

5. to slaughter or dress (animals) for market.

6. to kill indiscriminately or brutally.

7. to bungle; botch: to butcher a job.

[1250–1300; Middle English bocher < Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)chier, derivative of bo(u)c he-goat]

butch′er•er, n.

syn: See slaughter.

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butcher

Past participle: butchered
Gerund: butchering

Imperative

butcher

butcher

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	butcher - a retailer of meat       meatman 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 slaughterer knacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughter skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	4.	butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler incompetent, 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" slaughter 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"

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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.

verb

1. slaughter, prepare, carve, cut up, dress, cut, clean, joint Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.

2. kill, slaughter, massacre, destroy, cut down, assassinate, slay, liquidate, exterminate, put to the sword Our people are being butchered in their own homes.

3. mess up, destroy, ruin, wreck, spoil, mutilate, botch, bodge (informal) I am not in Cannes because they butchered my film.

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butcher

noun

One who murders another:

cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman.

verb

To kill savagely and indiscriminately:

annihilate, decimate, massacre, slaughter.

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Translations

جزارجَزّارلَحّام، قَصّابمَحَلّ الـجِزارَةيَذْبَحُ

řezníkzavražditporážetpovražditřeznictví

slagterslagterforretningslagte

MetzgerFleischerschlachtenabschlachten

χασάπηςχασάπικο

carniceromasacrarmatarcarnizacarnicería

lihunik

teurastajatuhotaleikatalihakauppapahoinpidellä

boucherabattreboucheriecharcutercharcuteur

mesarmesnica

hentesmészárosmozgóárusleöl

slátraslátra; strádrepaslátrari

macellaiomassacraremassacratorerovinaremacellare

肉屋

정육점정육점 주인

lanius

išskerstimėsininkasskerdėjasskersti

kautmiesnieksslepkavot

slagerslagerijbeenhouwerslachten

slakterslakterbutikkslakte

rzeźnikrzeźnia

abateraçougueaçougueirocortarmassacrar

мясникживодёрмясной магазин

mäsiarpovraždiť

mesar

slaktaslaktareslakteriaffärstycka

คนขายเนื้อร้านขายเนื้อ

kasapkasap dükkanıkatliam yapmakkesmekkan dökmek

cửa hàng thịtngười bán thịt

屠夫屠宰残杀肉店

butcher

[ˈbʊtʃəʳ]

A. N

1. (gen, also fig) → carnicero/a m/f
butcher's (shop) → carnicería f
at the butcher's → en la carnicería

2. (US) → vendedor(a) m/f de dulces

3. let's have a butcher's (Brit) → déjame verlo RHYMING SLANG

B. VT [+ animal] → matar (fig) → hacer una carnicería con, masacrar

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butcher

[ˈbʊtʃə^r]

n

(= man) → boucher m
He's a butcher → Il est boucher.

(= shop) butcher's → boucherie f

vt [+ people] → massacrer; [+ pig, cow, sheep] → tuerbutcher's shop n → boucherie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

butchers pl (Brit inf: = look) give us a butchers → lass mal gucken (inf); take or have a butchers (at that) → guck mal (das an) (inf); do you want a butchers? → willste mal gucken? (inf)

vt animals → schlachten; people → abschlachten, niedermetzeln; (fig) play, piece of music, language → vergewaltigen; his butchered body → seine schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche

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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

2. vt → macellare

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butcher

(ˈbutʃə) noun

a person whose business is to kill cattle etc for food and/or sell their flesh. slagter لَحّام، قَصّاب касапин açougueiro řezník der Fleischer, der Metzger slagter χασάπηςcarnicero lihunik, lihamüüja قصاب teurastaja boucher/-ère קצב कसाई, बूचड़ mesar hentes, mészáros penjagal slátrari macellaio 肉屋 정육점 주인 mėsininkas, skerdėjas miesnieks penjual daging slagerslakterrzeźnik قصاب homem do talho măcelar мясник mäsiar, -ka mesar mesar slaktare คนชำแหละเนื้อสัตว์ kasap 屠夫 м'ясник قصائی ، قصاب người hàng thịt 屠夫

verb

1. to kill for food. slag يَذْبَحُ заколвам abater porážet (dobytek) schlachten slagte 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 slachtenslakte szlachtować, zarzynać حلالول، ذبح کول abater a tăia забивать, резать zabiť (dobytok) klati klati slakta ฆ่าสัตว์ขาย 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 massacrar povraždit, zavraždit abschlachten slagte δολοφονώ, σφάζωmasacrar 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 afslachtenslakte zarzynać عام وژنه ، بی رحمه وژل 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

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butcher

→ جَزّار, مَحَلّ الـجِزارَة řeznictví, řezník slagter, slagterforretning Metzger χασάπης, χασάπικο carnicería, carnicero lihakauppa, teurastaja boucher, boucherie mesar, mesnica macellaio, macelleria 肉屋 정육점, 정육점 주인 slager, slagerij slakter, slakterbutikk rzeźnia, rzeźnik açougue, açougueiro, talhante, talho мясник, мясной магазин slaktare, slakteriaffär คนขายเนื้อ, ร้านขายเนื้อ kasap, kasap dükkanı cửa hàng thịt, người bán thịt 屠夫, 肉店

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