butch up

verb

To become more butch (masculine).

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Meanings

verbbutch up (third-person singular simple present butches up, present participle butching up, simple past and past participle butched up)

present singular third person butches up · participle present butching up · participle past butched up · past butched up

  1. intransitiveTo become more butch (masculine).
  2. transitiveTo make more butch (masculine).

    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.

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APA

butch up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butch%20up

MLA

“butch up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butch%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butch up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butch%20up.

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