a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.

a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.

a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.

a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.

to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.

to kill indiscriminately or brutally.

to bungle; botch

to butcher a job.

noun

boner * , meatmarket person , meat person , processor , skinner , slaughterer , slayer , cutthroat , homicide , killer , manslayer , massacrer , murderess , triggerman

verb

beef up , carve , clean , cure , cut , cut down , dress , joint , liquidate , salt , slaughter , smoke , stick , bollix up , botch , destroy , goof up * , louse up , make a mess of , mutilate , screw up * , spoil , wreck , decimate , massacre , bungle , executioner , kill , killer , merchant , murder , murderer , ruin , slay