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   macho

   /ˈmatʃəʊ/

   adjective

   • 1. masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way: "the big macho tough guy"

   noun

   • 1. a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way: "I realized just what a macho I was at heart" Similar red-blooded malemacho manmusclemaninformal:he-mantough guystudvulgar slang:cocksmanOpposite wimp
   • ▪ machismo. Similar (aggressive) masculinitymachismotoughnesstoxic masculinitychauvinismmale chauvinismsexismladdishnessvirilitymanliness

   Word Origin 1940s: Spanish, ‘male, masculine’, from Latin masculus.

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   What is macho adjective?

   • Definition of macho adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary male in an aggressive way He's too macho to ever admit he was wrong. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What does macho mean in astrology?

   • , plural ma·chos. Also macho·ism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo. an assertively virile, dominating, or domineering male. Short for massive astrophysical compact halo object. Any of various massive dark objects, such as a brown dwarf star, black hole, or large planet, found in a galactic halo .

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   What does it mean to be a macho boxer?

   • A boxer might try to intimidate his opponent by walking into the ring with a macho swagger. To be macho is to display a tough, fierce, overly confident facade. A man who's macho would never cry or sip a cup of tea or pet a kitten, because none of these things would be seen as "manly" enough.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMACHO | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Macho is an informal adjective that means behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of macho with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     MACHO meaning: 1. behaving forcefully or showing no emotion...

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     MACHO translate: 男らしい, マッチョな, 男性的（だんせいてき）な. Learn more in...

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   Macho definition: having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.. See examples of MACHO used in a sentence.

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   Macho is an adjective or noun that describes men who are very conscious and proud of their masculinity. It can also mean machismo, a Spanish term for exaggerated or aggressive masculinity.

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   1. : one who exhibits machismo. 2. : machismo. Synonyms. Noun. machismo. manhood. manliness. masculinity. virility. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of macho in a Sentence. Adjective the macho world of football Noun their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho. Recent Examples on the Web.

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   A man who's aggressively masculine can be described as macho. A boxer might try to intimidate his opponent by walking into the ring with a macho swagger. To be macho is to display a tough, fierce, overly confident facade.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective macho, which usually means male in an aggressive way. See examples, synonyms and related words in the Oxford Collocations Dictionary.