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    TOUGH GUY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who bullies weaker peopleplay

    Synonyms:

    plug-ugly; tough guy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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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