ALL meanings of hard-boiled
hard-boiled
H h - adjective hard-boiled egg: boiled until firm 1
- adjective hard-boiled person: tough 1
- adjective hard-boiled Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify. 1
- adjective hard-boiled Informal. tough; unsentimental: a hard-boiled vice-squad detective. 1
- adjective hard-boiled marked by a direct, clear-headed approach; realistic: a hard-boiled appraisal of the foreign situation. 1
- adjective hard-boiled (of detective fiction) written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect. 1
- verb with object hard-boiled to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid. 1
- adjective hard-boiled A hard-boiled egg has been boiled in its shell until the whole of the inside is solid. 0
- adjective hard-boiled You use hard-boiled to describe someone who is tough and does not show much emotion. 0
- adjective hard-boiled (of an egg) boiled until the yolk and white are solid 0
- adjective hard-boiled tough; realistic 0
- adjective hard-boiled cynical 0
- adjective hard-boiled cooked in boiling water until both the white and yolk solidify 0
- adjective hard-boiled not affected by sentiment, pity, etc.; tough; callous 0