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hard case

hard case noun: a tough person.

Noun

hard case (plural hard cases)

  1. (derogatory, mildly, slang) A tough person.
    • Because he is in the police force, Andy is a hard case.
  2. (New Zealand, slang) An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person.
    Synonyms:
    kook

hard case meaning in Kannada

hard case in Kannada

ಕಷ್ಟದ ಸಂಗತಿ, ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಮೊಂಡ, ಹಠಮಾರಿ, ತಿದ್ದಲಾಗದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಪಳಗಿಸಲಾಗದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

Synonyms of hard case

Forms of hard case

pluralhard cases

Questions about hard case

What does hard case mean?
Hard case means a tough person.
What is hard case in Kannada?
Hard case in Kannada is ಕಷ್ಟದ ಸಂಗತಿ, ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಮೊಂಡ. See Hard case meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is hard case?
Hard case is a noun.
What is the plural of hard case?
The plural of hard case is hard cases.

Words near hard case in the dictionary

  1. hard Brexit
  2. hard by
  3. hard c
  4. hard candies
  5. hard candy
  6. hard case
  7. hard cases
  8. hard cases make bad law
  9. hard cash
  10. hard charger
  11. hard chargers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard case (page history and authors); hard case (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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