Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tough | Yes | Yes | No | No |
skinhead | Yes | No | No | No |
tough (noun) | skinhead (noun) |
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an aggressive and violent young criminal | a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent |
a cruel and brutal fellow | a person whose head is bald or shaved |
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
tough (adjective) | skinhead (adjective) |
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resistant to cutting or chewing | |
physically toughened | |
not given to gentleness or sentimentality | |
unfortunate or hard to bear | |
substantially made or constructed | |
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | |
violent and lawless | |
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution | |
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |