noun noun, Brit 1: A look. (1936 —) . K.Amis Have a butcher's at the News of the World (1960). 2:to be or go butcher'sAustral and NZ To become angry. (1941 —) .
[Short for butcher's hook: in sense 1, rhyming slang for 'look'; in sense 2, rhyming slang for 'crook' = angry.]