Butcher ( noun , verb )

(As a noun)

Butcher ( noun )

1. A person who kills and prepares meat for sale.
2. A person who performs a task brutally or clumsily.

Origin:

Middle english botcher, from old french bouchier, from bouch "cudgel, club, butcher," from boc "trunk (of a tree)" from late latin bauchus "bellows".

Examples:

1. I buy my meat from the local butcher.
2. He is a skilled butcher and can cut any cut of meat.
3. The butcher has a wide variety of sausages and cold cuts.
4. He is a butcher on the field and can't play without injuring someone.
5. The singer butchered the song and ruined the performance.

(As a verb)

Butcher ( verb )

1. A person who kills and prepares meat for sale.
2. A person who performs a task brutally or clumsily.

Origin:

Middle english botcher, from old french bouchier, from bouch "cudgel, club, butcher," from boc "trunk (of a tree)" from late latin bauchus "bellows".

Examples:

1. I buy my meat from the local butcher.
2. He is a skilled butcher and can cut any cut of meat.
3. The butcher has a wide variety of sausages and cold cuts.
4. He is a butcher on the field and can't play without injuring someone.
5. The singer butchered the song and ruined the performance.