tough-guy
English
Adjective
tough-guy (comparative more tough-guy, superlative most tough-guy)
- Resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.
- 2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place: A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
- He had quite a high-pitched voice but was talking tough-guy stuff, a bit too tough-guy, signalling danger.
- 2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place: A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery