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Meaning of macho man

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

macho

Pronunciation:/ˈmætʃəʊ//ˈmɑtʃoʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.

  2. The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).

  3. A male llama.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough