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TOUGH GUY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tough guy mean?
• TOUGH GUY (noun)
The noun TOUGH GUY has 1 sense:
1. someone who bullies weaker people
Familiarity information: TOUGH GUY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who bullies weaker people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
plug-ugly; tough guy
Hypernyms ("tough guy" is a kind of...):
bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo (a cruel and brutal fellow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tough guy"):
Ted; Teddy boy (a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes)
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