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bruiser

bruis·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [broo-zer]
    • /ˈbru zər/
    • /ˈbruː.zər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [broo-zer]
    • /ˈbru zər/

Definitions of bruiser word

  • countable noun bruiser A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument. 3
  • noun bruiser a strong tough person, esp a boxer or a bully 3
  • noun bruiser a strong, pugnacious man 3
  • noun bruiser a strong, tough person: The football player was over six feet tall and weighed 285 pounds—a real bruiser. 1
  • noun bruiser heavily-built man 1
  • noun bruiser (sports): In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that he will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment. 0

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Origin of bruiser

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; bruise + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bruiser

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bruiser popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

bruiser usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bruiser

noun bruiser

  • warrior — a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
  • champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  • mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
  • assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
  • militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.

Antonyms for bruiser

noun bruiser

  • peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
  • police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • law — software law
  • brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
  • genius — an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.

Top questions with bruiser

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