Meaning of macho-ish | Babel Free

Definitions

Somewhat macho.

informal

Examples

“A collector of guns and knives, [Charles Alvin] Beckwith testified that he read Soldier of Fortune mostly for its gun and knife reviews. He rarely looked at the personal-services ads, and had never suspected any criminal intent. “You read one of these, it sounds so macho-ish,” he said. “It just didn’t make my heart beat fast, so I’d go on to something else that did, that caught my attention.””

“Good looking, tall, macho-ish and strong but with a soft heart and a witty tongue.”

“The macho-ish option: For lashings of pampering, mixed with a dab of grizzle, try Argentina.”

“The pop songs, which also included hits by the feathery-voiced chanteuse IU and the macho-ish boy-band Bigbang,^([sic]) were aimed at giving North Koreans get a taste of South Korean youth culture, the ministry [i.e., the South’s Defense Ministry] said.”

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