Definition
Killed and cut up an animal for meat, or clumsily and badly damaged or ruined something.
Etymology
From Old French 'bouchier' (one who slaughters male goats), derived from 'boc' (male goat). The word entered English around 1200 and by the 1500s was being used metaphorically to mean 'to do something messily or badly.'
Kelly Says
The phrase 'butchered the song' or 'butchered the language' became common slang because a butcher's work requires precision — mess it up and you waste the product — so by metaphorical logic, doing any skilled task badly became 'butchering' it, making the word a powerful insult that equates incompetence with waste.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አጥንት ተፈጥሮ
at-int te-fa-tu-ro
BNবাংলা
মাংস কেটে
ma-ang-s ke-te
CACatalà
despullat
des-pu-lat
CSČeština
poražený
po-ra-zhen-y
DEDeutsch
gemetzelt
ge-mets-elt
ELΕλληνικά
σφαγείς
s-pha-geis
ESEspañol
descarnado
des-kar-na-doh
FAفارسی
کُشته شده
koosht-e sho-deh
FISuomi
lihaistettu
li-ha-is-tet-tu
FRFrançais
découpé
de-koo-peh
GUGU
માછીમાર
ma-ach-hi-ma-ar
HIहिन्दी
मांस काट दिया गया
ma-ans kaat diya gaya
IDBahasa Indonesia
dipotong
di-po-tong
ITItaliano
macellato
ma-che-la-to
JA日本語
切り刻まれた
kiri-kora-re-ta
KKKK
жеберген
zhe-ber-gen
KMKM
បានបំផ្លាញ
ba-n ba-m-ph-la-an
MRMR
मांस काटलेला
ma-ans ka-at-le-la
MSBahasa Melayu
dipotong
di-po-tong
NLNederlands
geslacht
ge-slacht
NONorsk
kjøttlagt
kjøtt-lagt
PAPA
ਮਾਸਾ ਕਟਿਆ
ma-asa ka-t-iya
PLPolski
pocięty
po-che-ty
PTPortuguês
desfiado
des-fi-a-doh
RUРусский
разобранный
ra-zo-bran-nyy
SWKiswahili
amezwa
a-me-zwa
TAதமிழ்
சாப்பாட்டு வியாபாரத்தில்
sa-ap-pa-attu vi-ya-pa-ra-thir-il
TEతెలుగు
మాంస పొడిగించారు
maa-nsa po-di-gin-cha-ru
TLTL
pinugasan
pi-nu-ga-san
TRTürkçe
kesilmiş
ke-si-lish
UKУкраїнська
розрізаний
roz-ri-za-nyy
URاردو
کٹا ہوا
kat-a hoo-a
VITiếng Việt
được chặt
duoc chat