noun
plural -ers
[count] someone who cuts and sells meat in a shop
someone who kills animals and prepares their meat to be eaten
a shop that sells meat
someone who kills a lot of people or animals in a brutal or cruel way
informal :someone who does something very roughly and badly
have/take a butcher's
Brit informal :to look at something
verb
-ers; -ered; -ering
[+ obj] to kill (an animal) and prepare its meat for sale
to kill (people or animals) in a brutal and cruel way
informal :to do (something) very badly :to make a mess of (something)