<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.</li><li>a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.</li><li>a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.</li><li>Synonyms: cutthroat, killer.</li><li>a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.</li><li>to kill indiscriminately or brutally.</li><li>to bungle; botch: to butcher a job.</li></ul>