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Definition of Tough guy
1. Noun. Someone who bullies weaker people.
Generic synonyms: Bully, Hooligan, Roughneck, Rowdy, Ruffian, Tough, Yob, Yobbo, Yobo
Specialized synonyms: Ted, Teddy Boy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tough Guy
Literary usage of Tough guy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Challenges in U.S.-Asian Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on by Nancy Lubin (1999)
"And if you're not a tough guy, he'll just beat you down. It's clear. ... Kissy,
kissy on the face of a tough guy doesn't make him a nice guy at all. ..."
2. A Squadron of the United States Navy: On a Friendly Cruise Around Latin America by William Wallace Swinyer (1918)
"Another tough guy! Ah, strip the guy! That's a hard boiled one! ... The tough
guy had about as much show in the tank as a celluloid cat would have in ..."
3. Make a Difference: A Spectacular Breakthrough in the Fight Against Poverty by Gary MacDougal (2005)
"Howard Peters is a tough guy's tough guy. Built like a cement block and able to
bench press over four hundred pounds, he made his name early in the ..."
4. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"... minute and a half or two minutes, and then he'll start shedding this tough-guy
outer skin of his, without even knowing it, and they will believe him. ..."
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