macho

adjective

ma·cho | \ ˈmä-(ˌ)chō

Definition of macho

(Entry 1 of 2)

: characterized by machismo : aggressively virile

macho

noun

plural machos

Definition of macho (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : one who exhibits machismo

2 : machismo

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Examples of macho in a Sentence

Adjective

the macho world of football

Noun

their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

The macho ideal is disappearing, especially with millennials. — Vogue, "Meet Göran Kling, Who Is Crafting Street-Smart “Slang” Jewelry in Sweden," 26 Mar. 2019 After President Trump was elected, pundits implied that Democrats might need to replicate his macho attitude to appeal to working-class white men in the state. — Anna North, Vox, "Democrat Gretchen Whitmer wins Michigan governor race, defeating Bill Schuette," 7 Nov. 2018 While Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine have each offered their own, more prototypically macho takes on Jack Ryan, Alec Baldwin really grasps the essence of the character in The Hunt for Red October. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Before Amazon’s Jack Ryan, Alec Baldwin played the definitive version of the character in Hunt for Red October," 31 Aug. 2018 The core difference is that Bumblebee strips out much of the franchise’s wannabe macho excess, replacing it with a Spielbergian story about the friendship that forms between a robotic alien and a teenage girl. — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, "Bumblebee proves Transformers movies can actually be resonant and emotional," 20 Dec. 2018 That’s because the dangerous, important and macho work of digging coal out of the earth holds a special place in our national imagination. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "What happened to coal," 21 Aug. 2018 The Internet abounds with listicles detailing his macho feats of cinema. — Joseph Hincks / Hong Kong, Time, "'I'm Still Full of Stories.' Werner Herzog Reflects on 50 Years of Filmmaking," 4 Apr. 2018 Their macho camaraderie was often exclusionary and damaging. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "This weekend, stream Venus, the breakthrough film for Doctor Who’s Thirteenth Doctor," 5 Oct. 2018 Hugh Jackman stars as Hart, acting with conviction and American macho ruggedness. — Kate Klausner, Vogue, "Hugh Jackman Trades Wolverine for Politics at Last Night’s Premiere of The Front Runner," 31 Oct. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Eat WellBig Ben Huanchaco has fantastic seafood (stewed crabs, pescado a lo macho), with an unbeatable view of the bay. — Catherine Elton, Condé Nast Traveler, "Your Next Surf Spot Should Be Peru," 16 Oct. 2018 Why Verge readers might care: Justice League was the most promising of the DC movies to date, and Momoa’s Aquaman, with his rough, smirking humor and outsized version of macho, was a major part of that. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "The Verge fall movie preview, December 2018," 7 Sep. 2018 With the addition of La Familia in Canton, Connecticut now has its own dedicated spot for specialties like salteñas, pique a lo macho and sopa de mani. — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, "La Familia Brings Authentic Bolivian Food To Canton," 25 June 2018 Some were placing their bets on Joe Biden And others backed Donald Trump This macho sparring has cropped up before. — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, "Why Twitter spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts," 22 Mar. 2018 In the office, only his perceptive assistant, Mary Johnson, sees beneath his macho-man swagger. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "A gay love affair in '50s D.C. plays out to touching effect in 'Fellow Travelers'," 18 Mar. 2018 The two Howards are part of that apparatus, the meek Howard a paper-shuffler in the original world and the macho Howard a covert agent for the splinter world. — Mike Hale, New York Times, "Review: ‘Counterpart’ Gives Us J.K. Simmons, Times Two," 19 Jan. 2018 After that, law school at NYU, then a job at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the most decorated and macho of the city’s white-shoe firms. — Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller?," 21 Jan. 2018 John Trengove's The Wound examines South Africa's hyper-macho and homophobic culture through a story of a closeted gay man tasked with initiating a teenage boy in the traditional ways of manhood. — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, "Oscars: How Real-World Events Could Impact the Foreign-Language Race," 8 Jan. 2018

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macho

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of macho

often disapproving : having or showing qualities (such as very noticeable strength and aggression) that agree with traditional ideas about what men are like : manly or masculine in a very noticeable or exaggerated way

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