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tough nut

tough nut
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhf nuht]
    • /tʌf nʌt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhf nuht]
    • /tʌf nʌt/

Definition of tough nut words

  • noun tough nut difficult person 1

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Parts of speech for Tough nut

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tough nut popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for tough nut

adj tough nut

  • bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
  • dogged — doggoned; damned; confounded: Well, I'll be dogged!
  • hardheaded — not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
  • hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
  • immotile — not able to move; not motile.

adjective tough nut

  • hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.

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