iron man
iron man noun: a self-acting spinning mule used in cotton manufacture. Also the alternative form of ironman.
Noun
iron man (plural iron men or iron mans)
- A self-acting spinning mule used in cotton manufacture.
- Someone who performs a very complex, complicated, or strenuous task without assistance.
- You don't have to be an iron man and do all the work yourself: there are people here who can help you.
- A dollar.
- This time it was thirty-five grand, a whole damn marching battalion of iron men, […]1993, Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes
- Somebody had sense enough to tell Elmer to hold out until the bids were all in, which accounts for his getting four thousand big iron men for his first season's work, instead of fifteen hundred, like the rest of the bush heavers.1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post
Also used as
iron man is also the alternative form of ironman.
Forms of iron man
| plural | iron men |
|---|---|
| plural | iron mans |
Questions about iron man
- What does iron man mean?
- Iron man means a self-acting spinning mule used in cotton manufacture.
- What part of speech is iron man?
- Iron man is a noun.
- What is the plural of iron man?
- The plural of iron man is iron men.
Words near iron man in the dictionary
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