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noun • an awkward stupid person • an aggressive and violent young criminal | ||||||||
| 60% | 5 | Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter | ||||||
noun • an aggressive and violent young criminal verb • Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations | ||||||||
| 49% | 6 | Hired thugs | ||||||
adjective • not given to gentleness or sentimentality • physically toughened • resistant to cutting or chewing noun • someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing • an aggressive and violent young criminal • a cruel and brutal fellow adjective satellite • very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution • substantially made or constructed • violent and lawless • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') • unfortunate or hard to bear • making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | ||||||||
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