|
Noun: butcher's Usage: Brit, slang
- The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
- look, looking, looking at, gander [informal] Noun: butcher bû-chu(r)- A retailer of meat
- meatman - A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- slaughterer - Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- bungler, blunderer, bumbler [informal], stumbler, sad sack [N. Amer, informal], botcher - A brutal indiscriminate murderer
Verb: butcher bû-chu(r)- Kill (animals) usually for food consumption
"They butchered their only goat to survive the winter"; - slaughter - Kill a large number of people indiscriminately
"The Hutus butchered the Tutsis in Rwanda"; - massacre, slaughter, mow down - Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- botch, bodge [Brit, informal], bumble, fumble, botch up, muff [informal], blow, flub [N. Amer, informal], screw up [informal], spoil, muck up [informal], bungle, fluff [informal], bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up [informal], foul up, mess up, goof up [informal], cock up [Brit, informal], balls up [informal], make a hash of [informal]
Type of: fail, go wrong, incompetent, incompetent person, kill, liquidator, manslayer, merchandiser, merchant, miscarry, murderer, perception, sensing, skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker Encyclopedia: Butcher, Matthew |