Hard-boiled - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɑːrd ˈbɔɪld|
Brit.
|ˌhɑːdˈbɔɪld|
adjective
- tough and callous by virtue of experience (syn: hard-bitten, pugnacious)
- used of persons; emotionally hardened (syn: case-hardened, hardened)
- (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
- used of persons; emotionally hardened (syn: case-hardened, hardened)
- (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
Extra examples
His performance in the film was a caricature of a hard-boiled detective.
...the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories...
...a novel about a hard-boiled dick and the softhearted madam who loves him...
The hard-boiled eggs were tough and rubbery.
'hard-boiled' detective character
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