butch

«butch» in Mova's school dictionary: Looking or acting tough, strong and traditionally manly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (butch, butcher, butchest – rare); noun (a butch – slang)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Looking or acting tough, strong and traditionally manly. tree →

2) (slang) A word some people use for a lesbian woman who dresses or acts in a traditionally masculine way; it can be a proud self-description, but used by others it can be rude or hurtful. tree →

3) (a name) Butch is also a nickname, as in the cowboy Butch Cassidy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk, «a butch dog» or «a butch name» is tough-sounding. In stories and old westerns, Butch Cassidy was an American outlaw. Be careful: using it about a person can be teasing or unkind.

examples

• That bulldog looks very butch. tree →
• He tried to look butch in his leather jacket. tree →
• Butch Cassidy was a famous train robber. tree →
• "Rex is a butch name for a puppy," laughed Dad. tree →
• Don't call people names to tease them. tree →

note

Informal. Do not use it to tease people about how they look. «Butcher» (meat seller) is a different word.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «butch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.