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hard-ass

adj
/ˈhɑɹdæs/US

Etymology

From hard + -ass.

  1. derived from *harduz✻
  2. derived from hardi
  3. suffixed as hard-ass — “hard + ass”

Definitions

  1. Tough, uncompromising and inflexible.

    • Hopefully you don't take such a hard-ass approach as this.

  2. A tough and combative person.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA