An aggressive and violent young criminal.
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
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Examples for "tough "
Examples for "tough "
1 But tough conditions could continue for longer in some regions, he said.
2 The Hungarian parliament last week passed tough new legislation on illegal immigrants.
3 However, the rest of the national daily market suffered a tough October.
4 Talk to the public information officer. Abrams' voice belied his tough talk.
5 They have responded to the tough sugar market conditions in different ways.
1 The changes do not represent the introduction of new under - the - hood search technology.
2 And you have this long hood sort of connoting power and engine.
3 He casually placed one hand on the hood and said, Nice car.
4 A second later another went by, this time ending at the hood .
5 The power control module is the only thing visible under the hood .
1 As for Bolton, he defines ' punk ' in terms of how it looks.
2 The punk - at - heart trio won't stop making new music anytime soon, Armstrong says.
3 The parasite is not just a punk out having a good time.
4 That's why it's often compared to the punk rock movement, he said.
5 What he cherished about punk four decades ago was the DIY aspect.
1 The police and thug violence became a regular fixture of anti-government protests.
2 This isn't one of the usual thug crime capers they're used to.
3 Sherman was most concerned by the people who called him a thug .
4 People often still see him as the thug he portrayed in Tsotsi.
5 Don't tell me the Brotherhood can't deal with a single lowborn thug .
1 So why on Earth would that corporate goon have said five years?
2 We play with the cards and drink goon . Night - life is not so good.
3 RELATED: Australia's chaotic border rules explained South Australians invented the goon bag.
4 Next to me, Ralph got a similar treatment from Alex the goon .
5 You underestimated me when you sent the goon squad out last night.
1 Korshak had numerous associations that gave him purchase with Chicago's hoodlum crowd.
2 He had been a hoodlum there, and had helped to hang Chinese.
3 He's a young hoodlum who makes it big and then he's erased.
4 Whereupon seven hoodlum students waited a decent moment, then shrieked with laughter.
5 Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum , a gangster, a thug, a tough.
1 She was a toughie , lived in our street, I used to write mash notes to.
2 She's a toughie ! This is her weekly workout routine, which includes one rest day on Sundays.
3 It was a toughie , but you came through.
4 She was the toughie in the family.
5 Well, air resistance makes that a toughie .
6 The recharging section is encased in a shockproof, waterproof aircraft grade aluminium body, so quite the toughie too.
7 Yeah, well, you're a regular toughie .
8 That was the big question to be answered when shopping for a new set, and it was a toughie .
9 You're a toughie , all right.
11 Mr. Green said that he graduated from the Theatre School of Dramatic Arts, and specializes in comedy and toughie parts.
12 Next time use a little foul language, put a bit of punch in it, so you don't sound like such a prep-school toughie .
13 It's New Zealand first up, which is going to be a toughie , and USA and Argentina so no easy games looking ahead, he said.
14 Focus groups were vocal about their disappointment: "I thought he was a toughie but now I wonder if he's up to the top job".
15 The last member of this amphibious species, named Toughie , died in September 2016 in the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Georgia, US.
16 "She's a toughie . " Ethan said nothing.
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