tough
adjective
strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
toughs
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pluralof tough.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The entrepreneur, who for security reasons asked that neither he nor the specific nature of his business be identified, initially thought the calls were coming from neighborhood toughs pretending to have links to crime groups.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
The hodgepodge of grievances brings to mind a scene from the 1953 movie “The Wild One,” about a gang of motorcycle toughs who invade a small California town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
But it quickly becomes clear that Happy owes more to the rumpled Marlowe played by Elliott Gould in Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” than to any hard-boiled toughs inhabited by Humphrey Bogart.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
The officers turned around and saw the toughs moving toward their group of six.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
