tough guy

/təf gaɪ/
/təf gaɪ/
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Other forms: tough guys

Definitions of tough guy
  1. noun
    someone who bullies weaker people
    synonyms: plug-ugly
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    types:
    Ted, Teddy boy
    a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
    type of:
    bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
    a cruel and brutal fellow
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