Thug - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |θʌɡ|  American pronunciation of the word thug
Brit.  |θʌɡ|  British pronunciation of the word thug

noun

- an aggressive and violent young criminal (syn: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, tough, toughie)

Extra examples

He was beaten and robbed by street thugs.

...the Mob boss regularly sent his thugs after people who were slow to pay their debts...

A few thugs terrorized the city with beating, stabbing, and shooting.

He was beaten up by a gang of young thugs.

...before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife...

...beneath his suave, polished exterior lay the truculence of a common street thug...

Word forms

noun
singular: thug
plural: thugs
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