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单词 butchers
释义

butch

adjective

ˈbu̇ch How to pronounce butch (audio)
1
: notably or deliberately masculine in appearance or manner
2
: closely cropped
a butch haircut
butch noun
butchness noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable. Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022 In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body. Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020 With Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper. Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018 In this context, Jack feels welcome: Who said only butch gay men should be stars? Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

probably from Butch, male nickname

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1

butchers 1 of 2

noun

plural of butcher
as in blunderers
someone who bungles an effort the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • blunderers
  • bunglers
  • incompetents
  • blunderbusses
  • bumblers
  • fumblers
  • botchers
  • muddlers
  • screwups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • masters
  • experts
  • virtuosos
  • virtuosi
  • maestros
  • adepts
  • wizards
  • maestri
  • aces
  • crackajacks
  • crackerjacks
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butchers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of butcher
1
as in slaughters
to kill on a large scale the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • slaughters
  • massacres
  • murders
  • assassinates
  • slays
  • dispatches
  • executes
  • destroys
  • mows (down)
  • smites
  • snuffs
  • exterminates
  • fells
  • wipes out
  • eradicates
  • wastes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • blots out
  • annihilates
  • croaks
  • devastates
  • does in
2
as in murders
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the new piano student butchered the sonatina

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • murders
  • fumbles
  • boots
  • dubs
  • blows
  • ruins
  • mangles
  • bungles
  • muffs
  • spoils
  • botches
  • screws up
  • destroys
  • flubs
  • boggles
  • fluffs
  • mutilates
  • fouls up
  • bobbles
  • mucks up
  • bumbles
  • wrecks
  • blunders
  • damages
  • foozles
  • mars
  • injures
  • buggers (up)
  • hurts
  • blights
  • flaws
  • louses up
  • blemishes
  • harms
  • bollixes (up)
  • goofs (up)
  • piffles
  • impairs
  • muddles
  • vitiates
  • messes (up)
  • mismanages
  • gums (up)
  • mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reforms
  • helps
  • doctors
  • improves
  • remedies
  • enhances
  • betters
  • refines
  • repairs
  • ameliorates
  • rectifies
  • meliorates
  • fixes
  • reconditions
  • patches
  • renovates
  • revamps
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