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tough guy

tough guy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhf gahy]
    • /tʌf gaɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhf gahy]
    • /tʌf gaɪ/

Definitions of tough guy words

  • noun tough guy man: macho, aggressive 1
  • noun tough guy a strong man who is not easily injured and is able to deal with difficult or violent situations 0
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Parts of speech for Tough guy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tough guy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for tough guy

noun tough guy

  • bozo — If you say that someone is a bozo, you mean that you think they are stupid.
  • bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
  • goon — Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
  • gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
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