Adjective
the macho world of football Noun
their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho
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Adjective
Like a Faustian figure, Kilmer’s Elvis plays to Clarence’s macho aspiration.—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025 At first, Bacon’s macho lead role seems like a run-of-the-mill badass: All one-liners, muscles and cool-guy poses.—William Earl, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
And the ultra macho (and sometimes clueless) Rick Ford is having none of this.—Mike Ryan, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025 Lots of macho blather follows about Sergei and Dmitri being soft and needing to become men.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for macho
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Spanish, literally, male, from Latin masculus — more at masculine
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