butch /bŭch/

1. Tough
2. Aggressively masculine in appearance or manner (slang)

1. A very short haircut for men or women
2. An aggressively tough man (slang)
3. A noticeably masculine person, esp a lesbian or homosexual man (slang)

• readier
• readies
• readiest
• readily
• read in
• read-in
• readiness
• readinesses
• reading
• reading age
• reading ages
• reading-book
• reading-books
• reading-boy
• reading-boys
• reading-desk
• reading-desks
• reading group
• reading-lamp
• reading-lamps
• reading-machine
• reading-machines
• reading matter
• reading matters
• reading microscope