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butched up

butched up is the simple past and past participle of butch up.

Meaning of butch up

Verb

butch up (third-person singular simple present butches up, present participle butching up, simple past and past participle butched up)

  1. (intransitive) To become more butch (masculine).
  2. (transitive) To make more butch (masculine).
    • If I had hormones to lower my voice & butch up my face with a few whiskers, I don't believe I would suffer the anxiety of passing.1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

Questions about butched up

What is butched up the simple past and past participle of?
Butched up is the simple past and past participle of butch up.

Words near butched up in the dictionary

  1. butch-queens
  2. butcha
  3. Butchart
  4. butchas
  5. butched
  6. butched up
  7. butcher
  8. butcher bird
  9. butcher birds
  10. butcher block
  11. butcher blocks

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