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[ hahrd-boild ] / ˈhɑrdˈbɔɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hard-boiled ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveCooking. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify. Informal. tough; unsentimental: a hard-boiled vice-squad detective. marked by a direct, clear-headed approach; realistic: a hard-boiled appraisal of the foreign situation. (of detective fiction) written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect. Origin of hard-boiled1715–25; 1895–80 for def. 2; hard + boiled OTHER WORDS FROM hard-boiledhard-boiledness, nounWords nearby hard-boiledhard-bill, hard-bitten, hardboard, hardbody, hard-boil, hard-boiled, hardboot, hard bop, hardbound, hard candy, hard case Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hard-boiledThey are poached instead of hard-boiled, boasting anti-heroes with nihilistic worldviews who are nevertheless vulnerable. ‘True Detective,’ Obsessive-Compulsive Noir, and ‘Twin Peaks’|Jimmy So|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST On a lighter note, your character in the film has an interesting eating habit: he eats two hard-boiled eggs a day. Christopher Plummer on Muhammad Ali and Getting a Police Horse Drunk|Marlow Stern|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Because it lacks the stylish voice of a hard-boiled detective noir, it sometimes feels coldly industrious. This Week’s Hot Reads: July 29, 2013|Jessica Ferri, Damaris Colhoun|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Since this fall, though, as the governing got tough, the president has been avoiding fiction for some hard-boiled history. The Barack Obama Book Club|Samuel P. Jacobs|August 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The course looked like a fine senior year coast through some hard-boiled paperbacks, certainly nothing life-changing. Hardass With a Heart of Gold|John Douglas Marshall|May 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST Serve them in the same way, with slices of truffles instead of hard-boiled eggs. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks|Pierre Blot Cut the hard-boiled eggs in quarters and place them on the top of the vegetables, cover with a crust, and bake until it is brown. The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book|Thomas R. Allinson When about to serve, dip the mold in hot water, turn out on a dish, garnish with lettuce leaves or parsley and hard-boiled eggs. Culture and Cooking|Catherine Owen Mix the yolks of hard-boiled eggs with the chicken, adding enough mayonnaise to make the mixture easily into balls. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book|Myrtle Reed He saw on a barrow some hard-boiled eggs which had been dyed various colours, evidently for children. From Workhouse to Westminster|George Haw
British Dictionary definitions for hard-boiled
adjective(of an egg) boiled until the yolk and white are solid informal - tough, realistic
- cynical
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hard-boiledhard-nosed, callous, firm, hard-line, headstrong, inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, rough, stern, strict, unbending, unfeeling, hard as nails, hard-shelled |