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badasses

badasses is the plural of badass.

Meaning of badass

Noun

badass (plural badasses)

  1. (US, slang, sometimes considered vulgar, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
    • Don’t mess with that guy, he’s a real badass.
  2. (US, slang, sometimes considered vulgar, positive connotation) A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.
    • "I'm a badass." (Jack Nicholson to a New York friend, early 1973.)1975, Norman Dickens, “Badass”, in Jack Nicholson: The Search for a Superstar, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →OCLC, page 124

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Questions about badasses

What is badasses the plural of?
Badasses is the plural of badass.

Words near badasses in the dictionary

  1. badarse
  2. badarses
  3. badass
  4. badassed
  5. badassery
  6. badasses
  7. badassitude
  8. badassness
  9. badassy
  10. badaud
  11. badauds

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