butches

[US]/bʊtʃ/
[UK]/bʊtʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a lesbian who adopts a male role
adj. masculine

Phrases & Collocations

butch style

Example Sentences

He is a butcher by trade.

let's take a butcher's at those bugs.

the meat went to the butcher opposite the farm.

There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.

A butcher needs sharp knives.

Mother went to the butcher's yesterday.

The butcher will trust us for the meat.

Butcher has been scouting for United.

Come over here and have a butcher’s at this!

butcher a project; butchered the language.

He was as great a butcher as the world has been.

The butcher weighed the meat on the scales.

I bought sirloin from the butcher and cubed it myself.

Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post-office.

Real-world Examples

This does butch it up a bit.

Source: Friends Season 8

You're so butch.Aw, I got a little paper cut.Of course you did.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

And if they're not the sort who blub, they become frightfully hard and butch.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

She wouldn't have done this, but I also add a bit of red wine, just to butch up that beefy flavour.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

Great. And while we're at it, maybe we could butch up your run for when you head out to the mound.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

Oh, Lee, that's not true. They hate you. I'm the butch one they can feel comfortable around.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

No you, you're way more butch.

Source: BuzzFeedViolet

If you're looking for butch, you should know that I played Tony in " west side story" to rave reviews.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

Well, you are kind of butch.

Source: Supernatural Season 2

Black trans lives are therefore written off as merely gay effeminate or lesbian butch.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) July 2020 Collection

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