What is the meaning of TOUGH. Phrases containing TOUGH
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Tough cookie is slang for a strong unyielding person.
Tough shit is slang for hard luck.
Tough is slang for stand firm, hold out against. Tough is British slang for a thug.
great! Terrific! Really cool. "That's a tough looking car." "Those new shoes are tough"
A tough guy. "He thinks he's a Tough nut"
Toughie is British slang for a thug.
Tough guy is slang for a particularly tough male.
Tough nut is slang for a difficult or obstinate person.
Tough titty is slang for hard luck.
Exclam. Hard luck! Cf. 'tough shit'.
Tough bounce is slang for misfortune.
Cool or impressive. "That's a tough car!"
adj 1. Unfortunate; too bad: a tough break. 2. Fine; great. Idiom:tough it out To get through despite hardship; endure.
Verb. To act tough and arrogant.
Adj. Short for tough luck!, a sarcastic and bitter exclamation.
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n.
The quality or state of being tough.
n.
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
n.
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
n.
See Tough-pitch (b).
n.
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
The ruddy duck.
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
v. i. & t.
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
superl.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
a.
Tough in a slight degree.
a.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
n.
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
adv.
In a tough manner.
n.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
superl.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
superl.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
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