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butches up

butches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 butches up

What is butches up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Butches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butch up.

Words near butches up in the dictionary

  1. butchers' tubercle
  2. butchershop
  3. butchershops
  4. butchery
  5. butches
  6. butches up
  7. butchest
  8. butchier
  9. butchiest
  10. butchiness
  11. butching

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