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noun | verb butcherbutcher1 /ˈbʊtʃɚ/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYbutcher1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French bouchier, from bouc male goat 1 someone who cuts and sells meat as a business2someone who has killed a lot of people cruelly and without reason [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French bouchier, from bouc male goat] noun | verb butcherbutcher2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEbutcher |
Present | I, you, we, they | butcher | | he, she, it | butchers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | butchered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have butchered | | he, she, it | has butchered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had butchered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will butcher | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have butchered |
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Present | I | am butchering | | he, she, it | is butchering | | you, we, they | are butchering | Past | I, he, she, it | was butchering | | you, we, they | were butchering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been butchering | | he, she, it | has been butchering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been butchering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be butchering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been butchering |
1to kill animals and prepare them to be used as meat2to kill people cruelly or without reason, especially in large numbers: They butchered hundreds of innocent people.3informal to spoil something by working carelessly: The hairdresser really butchered my hair! |