hardcore
noun
- subgenre of techno
- rubble or broken bricks or stone used as a foundation
adjective
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Pronunciation: /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/
adj
Etymology: From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
“He's a hardcore gamer.”
- So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.
- Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
“That show was hardcore, dude.”
- Resistant to change.
- Obscene or explicit.
- Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- Faster or more intense than the regular style.
adv
Etymology: From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
- In a hardcore manner; intensely or extremely.
noun
Etymology: From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
- Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.
“You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.”
- Several music genres, including:
“Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.”
- Several music genres, including:
- Several music genres, including:
- Several music genres, including:
“Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media.”
- Several music genres, including: