Term Gallery logo

Meanings of butch in English

Portuguese
fufa
Catalan
homenot

(Slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.

fufa
Russian
буч
Portuguese
caminhoneira
Catalan
butch
Spanish
butch

Masculine lesbian or bisexual woman.

буч

Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner.

Related terms

Butch.

Related terms
Synonyms
Examples for "macho"
Examples for "macho"
1
What do boys lose when brought up to believe in macho ideals?
The Guardian
2
They consistently put out groundbreaking images: macho but camp, feminine but hard.
The Guardian
3
What is meant to look macho is actually the cringe of panic.
The Guardian
4
Home birth: unbridled agony promoted by macho women and their atavistic midwives.
The Guardian
5
So drop the macho act and tell me who you're working for.
Shift
Usage of butch in English
1
If she wanted to look butch, she would need to try harder.
The soul catcher
2
I always think I'll be sort of smooth and butch and graceful.
Flesh and blood
3
He'd probably first thought Isaac was a butch girl in a tux.
Wicked
4
It preferred to put its faith in the butch All-Road A6 estate.
The Irish Times
5
To help butch up the grill experience invest in pop culture grill kit.
The Irish Times
6
Steinke is determined to butch things out, at least in a medical sense.
The Guardian
7
Does Madonna really loook that butch when you're standing beside her?
The Irish Times
8
Lawrence's hair is shorter, stuck up in front with butch wax.
Summer of Night
9
The man was short, beefy, grey hair cut in a butch.
The Laughing Corpse
10
I demand a name that sounds more butch and up-to-date.
The new yorker
11
He had a butch haircut and a keg of beer hanging over his belt.
Three to get deadly and four to score
12
That's just how assertive and butch the leader of the opposition really is, Cameron said.
Reuters
13
It was adopting a butch rightwing approach, often thoughtlessly.
The Guardian
14
That's just how assertive and butch the Leader of the Opposition really is, he quipped.
The Guardian
15
The butch haircut I think we both agreed on.
The new yorker
16
This is seriously, this is manly, this is butch.
Wired
About this term
More collocations
Translations for butch
Russian
буч
Spanish
butch
Butch through the time