noun.
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
noun.
A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
noun.
such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
transitive verb.
To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market.
transitive verb.
To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
transitive verb.
to bungle badly; to botch; -- used also when an object is damaged (literally or figuratively) in an activity.