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tough-guy

tough-guy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.

Adjective

tough-guy (comparative more tough-guy, superlative most tough-guy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.
    • He had quite a high-pitched voice but was talking tough-guy stuff, a bit too tough-guy, signalling danger.2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place: A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery

Forms of tough-guy

comparativemore tough-guy
superlativemost tough-guy

Questions about tough-guy

What does tough-guy mean?
Tough-guy means resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.
What part of speech is tough-guy?
Tough-guy is an adjective.

Words near tough-guy in the dictionary

  1. tough tuchus
  2. tough tushie
  3. tough tushies
  4. tough-cake
  5. tough-cakes
  6. tough-guy
  7. tough-guyness
  8. tough-love
  9. tough-loved
  10. tough-loves
  11. tough-loving

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