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Meaning of butch up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To become more butch (masculine).
    intransitive
  2. To make more butch (masculine).
    transitive

Examples

“1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure 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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

butched butched up butcher butchered butchering butchers

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