noun

1. a person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
2. a person who cuts up meat for sale
3. anyone who kills as if slaughtering animals
4. ☆ Informal a person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.

Etymology: ME bocher < OFr bochier, bouchier, one who kills and sells he-goats < bouc, he-goat < Frank *bukk, akin to OE bucca: see buck

transitive verb

1. to kill or dress (animals) for meat
2. to kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
3. to mess up; botch