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macho

adjective

  1. characterized by machismo : aggressively virile
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noun

  1. torture and restraining device
  2. machismo
  3. a person characterized by or exhibiting machismo
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/ / /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.

  1. Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.

    macho culture

    I like sports because I enjoy knowing that many of these macho athletes have to vomit before a big game. Any guy who would take a job where you gotta puke first is my kinda guy.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.

  1. A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

    You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss

  2. A very masculine man.
  3. Machismo

    […] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.

    Though there was plentiful evidence to the contrary that should have made plain to him the hairy masculine macho of German gays, Hitler's stereotyped image perceived them as woman-like, surrendering, and therefore essentially weak.

  4. The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
  5. A male llama.