outbutcher
outbutcher verb: to slaughter more people than.
Verb
outbutcher (third-person singular simple present outbutchers, present participle outbutchering, simple past and past participle outbutchered)
- To slaughter more people than.
- Adapted to the weakness of human nature, which receives with rivirince ideas however childish, that come draped in long-tailed and exotic words, that aasinine^([sic]) polysyllable has riconciled the modern mind to the chimeras of th' ancients, and outbutchered the guillotine, the musket, and the...1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash: A Matter-of-fact Romance
- Thus, the car in the United States outbutchers the bloody shambles of Mars when matched against our soldiers killed in the World War.1934, Michigan Christian Advocate - Volume 61, Issue 51, page 8
- To do a better job than, in carving up an animal into cuts of meat.
- The aunties' knives had long, slender, wickedly sharp blades with handles carved variously of wood, bone and antler, with which they outbutchered even Old Sam, who had only been doing this for a living for sixty years.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 9
Forms of outbutcher
| third-person singular present | outbutchers |
|---|---|
| present participle | outbutchering |
| past participle | outbutchered |
| past | outbutchered |
Origin of outbutcher
From out- + butcher.
Questions about outbutcher
- What does outbutcher mean?
- Outbutcher means to slaughter more people than.
- What part of speech is outbutcher?
- Outbutcher is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outbutcher?
- The past tense of outbutcher is outbutchered.
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