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butching up

butching up is the present participle and gerund 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 butching up

What is butching up the present participle and gerund of?
Butching up is the present participle and gerund of butch up.

Words near butching up in the dictionary

  1. butchest
  2. butchier
  3. butchiest
  4. butchiness
  5. butching
  6. butching up
  7. Butchlander
  8. butchly
  9. butchness
  10. butchphobia
  11. butchy

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