TOUGH GUY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who bullies weaker people

Synonyms:

plug-ugly; tough guy

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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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