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macho — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bloke noun (British, informal) A man, especially an ordinary or average one.
  • blond adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
  • buck noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
  • hart noun An adult male deer, especially a mature male red deer.
  • macho adj Showing an exaggerated, often aggressive sense of masculinity.
  • male adj Of the sex that produces sperm rather than eggs, in humans, animals, or plants.
  • masculine adj Relating to men, or having qualities traditionally associated with men, such as strength or assertiveness.
  • tom name A common diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a name in its own right.

Senses

macho is used for these senses in English:

  • bloke (Commonwealth, especially, UK, and, Ireland, informal) A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
  • buck A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.
  • hart (countable) A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
  • macho (informal) Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
  • male A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
  • masculine Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  • pussyman (colloquial) A great male lover.
  • tom The male of certain other animals.

blond — full definition

  1. adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
  2. noun A person with light golden or yellowish hair.

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