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macho

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adj/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ//ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
  1. 1

    Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.informal

    • macho culture
noun/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ//ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
  1. 1

    A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

    • You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss
  2. 2

    A very masculine man.

  3. 3

    Machismo

    • […] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.
    • Though there was plentiful evidence to the contrary that should have made plain to him the hairy masculine macho of German gays, Hitler's stereotyped image perceived them as woman-like, surrendering, and therefore essentially weak.
  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A male llama.

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