butch

adjective

ˈbu̇ch 

1

: notably or deliberately masculine in appearance or manner

2

: closely cropped

a butch haircut

butch noun

butchness noun

Examples of butch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Model/Actriz join in, with awesomely butch robot commands over the industrial beats. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

Architecturally speaking, the Art Nouveau movement, which was mostly over by World War I, was a good start to the 20th century, considering the more concrete, less dreamy, more butch architecture that would come later. — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026

With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers. — CBS News, 1 July 2026

Gershon’s Corky, lithe and tattooed, ended up being the stuff of butch lesbian dreams — which apparently held true offscreen as much as on. — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

probably from Butch, male nickname

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for butch

• putsch