- a variation of hard-core.
hardcore
Britishnoun
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a style of rock music characterized by short fast numbers with minimal melody and aggressive delivery
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a type of dance music with a very fast beat
Example Sentences
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“We don’t do the typical hardcore yelling at you,” Joey told me before leading the group on a recent Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
To truly maintain these hardcore interventions, you need to do them again and again—a face-lift, for example, lasts only 10 or so years.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
I’m guessing that among today’s burgeoning cinephiles, silent movies evoke an ancient vibe that is, in its own way, a little hardcore.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
However, Vermeij accepts there is a "very small subset" of hardcore fans desperate for any new information they can get their hands on.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s a weird mix, everything from white-collar criminals to guys picked up on traffic stops to real, hardcore criminals covered with prison tattoos.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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