butch
adjective
uk/bʊtʃ/us/bʊtʃ/(of a woman)lookingorbehavinglike a man, or (of a man) being verystrongwithbigmuscles, andbehavingin atraditionallymaleway
（女子）男性化的；（男子）男子气的，雄纠纠气昂昂的Synonym
machoinformalmainlydisapproving
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Their understanding hardly matches the 'butch' perception.
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Butchers are called up to "butch," musicians are called up to play, and so on.
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It may be the other way round, depending on which of those two organisations is the morebutch.
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However, if a woman displays male traits she is portrayed as mean,butch, and aggressive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was just, quite literally, thebutchof my dreams.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A masculine person of either gender can be described asbutch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Daily applications ofbutchwax were used to make the short hair stand straight up from the head.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her adept way of characterizingbutchand femme characters in her writing set the standard for many novelists writing since the 1970s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termbutchtends to denote a degree of masculinity displayed by a female individual beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Others have argued thatbutchand femme are read as imperfect mimicries of heterosexual gender roles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The other prisoners refer to him as she rather than he, despite the fact that he is a large,butchlooking man, with a moustache.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abutchmust be careful with the feelings of a femme.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One reports that he did his summing-up in abutchvoice, and the jury loved it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another term for a masculine woman is "butch", which is associated with lesbianism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abutchthat is cut at less than one quarter of an inch on top may be referred to as a burr.
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