hardcore

English

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Alternative forms

• hard-core

Adjective

hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard.

   He's a hardcore gamer.

2. (slang) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

   That show was hardcore, dude.

3. Resistant to change.
4. Obscene or explicit.
5. (pornography) Of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration.
6. (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Translations

having an extreme dedication to a certain activity

Hungarian: megszállott (hu) Norwegian (Bokmål): beinhard Slovene: izredno predan neki aktivnosti

Spanish: esforzado (es) m., muy dedicado (es) Swahili: kokoto (sw) Swedish: inbiten (sv), stenhård (sv)

particularly intense

Spanish: intensísimo (es)

Swedish: mäktig (sv), intensiv (sv)

resistant to change

Finnish: sitkeä (fi), peräänantamaton (fi) Slovak: nasprotujoč spremembam

Spanish: duro (es) m., resistente (es) m. and f., renuente (es) m. and f.

obscene or explicit

Slovak: nespodoben; nedvoumen, jasen

Spanish: obsceno (es), explícito (es)

of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration

Finnish: kova (fi) Hungarian: kemény pornó (hu) Persian: هاردکور (fa) (hârd-kor)

Spanish: duro (es) Swedish: Hårdporr

faster or more intense than the regular style

Slovak: htrejši in močnejši kot običajen, osnoven slog Spanish: duro (es), violento (es), pesado (es)

Swedish: hård- (sv)

Noun

hardcore (uncountable)

1. broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations especially in road and path laying.
2. (music) Hardcore punk or techno music.

   Let's listen to some hardcore.

Derived terms

• -core
• happy hardcore

Translations

hardcore punk or techno music

Russian: хардкор (ru) (xardkór) m.

Swedish: hardcore (sv) c.

broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate