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machoish

machoish is the alternative form of macho-ish.

Meaning of macho-ish

Adjective

macho-ish (comparative more macho-ish, superlative most macho-ish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat macho.
    • A collector of guns and knives, [Charles Alvin] Beckwith testified that he read Soldier of Fortune mostly for its gun and knife reviews. He rarely looked at the personal-services ads, and had never suspected any criminal intent. “You read one of these, it sounds so macho-ish,” he said. “It just...1992 January, Ben Green, “Part Seven: Graven Images”, in The Soldier of Fortune Murders: A True Story of Obsessive Love and Murder-for-Hire, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, section 2, pages...

Forms of machoish

comparativemore machoish
superlativemost machoish

Questions about machoish

What is machoish the alternative form of?
Machoish is the alternative form of macho-ish.

Words near machoish in the dictionary

  1. machodom
  2. machoed up
  3. machoflops
  4. machohood
  5. machoing up
  6. machoish
  7. machoism
  8. machoisms
  9. machoistic
  10. machoistically
  11. machoman

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