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单词 bruiser
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bruiser

(bruːzəʳ)
Word forms: plural bruisers
countable noun
A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
[informal, disapproval]
He has a reputation as a political bruiser.
Synonyms: tough, heavy [slang], rough [informal], bully More Synonyms of bruiser

bruiser in British English

(ˈbruːzə)
noun
informal
a strong tough person, esp a boxer or a bully

bruiser in American English

(ˈbruːzər)
noun
informal
a strong, tough person
The football player was over six feet tall and weighed 285 pounds—a real bruiser
Word origin
[1580–90; bruise + -er1]

Examples of 'bruiser' in a sentence
bruiser

Was this the political bruiser who shouts and throws mobile phones?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
THE old bruiser put the young contender for the crown firmly in his place last night.
The Sun (2009)
The old Method bruiser plays a former military man who blinded himself in a silly prank but remains an arrogant bully.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The old bruiser has come back to help to win the election, not to set the course for a Cameron government.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
(noun) 
Definition
a strong tough person, esp. a boxer or a bully
(informal) 
The team has some bruisers in its ranks.
Synonyms
tough
Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front.
heavy (slang)
rough (informal)
The roughs of the town are out.
bully
I fell victim to the office bully.
thug
the cowardly thugs who mug old people
gorilla (informal)
hard man
rowdy
The owner kept a baseball bat to deal with rowdies.
tough guy
hoodlum (informal)
a small-time hoodlum attempting to go straight
bully boy
ruffian
gangs of ruffians who lurk about
roughneck (slang)
a rangy lantern-jawed roughneck

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bully
Definition
a person who hurts, persecutes, or intimidates weaker people
I fell victim to the office bully.
Synonyms
persecutor,
tough,
oppressor,
tormentor,
bully boy,
browbeater,
coercer,
ruffian,
intimidator
in the sense of hoodlum
Definition
a violent criminal, esp. one who is a member of a gang
a small-time hoodlum attempting to go straight
Synonyms
thug,
hooligan,
ruffian,
vandal,
delinquent,
rowdy,
lout,
tearaway (British),
hoon (Australian, New Zealand),
bruiser (informal),
boot boy,
yob or yobbo (British, informal),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
in the sense of rough
Definition
a violent person
The roughs of the town are out.
Synonyms
thug,
tough,
casual,
rowdy,
hoon (Australian, New Zealand),
bully boy,
bruiser (informal),
ruffian,
lager lout,
roughneck (slang),
ned (Scottish, slang),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
bruiser

  • browned-off
  • browse
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  • bruiser
  • bruising
  • brunt
  • brush

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