ALL meanings of hard time
hard time
H h - noun,plural hard time financial hardship 1
- noun,plural hard time difficult period 1
- noun hard time a period of difficulties or hardship. 1
- noun hard time Slang. time actually served in a prison or other penal institution: He had merely been fined before, but now was sentenced to 90 days' hard time in the county jail. 1
- noun hard time give a hard time, Informal. to bother, annoy, or harass: He gave me a hard time about the money I owe him. 1