hardcore
See also: hard-core
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
hard + core 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard.
- He's a hardcore gamer.
- (slang) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
- That show was hardcore, dude.
- Resistant to change.
- Obscene or explicit.
- (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.
Synonyms
- (diehard): steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho
Translations
having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
particularly intense
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resistant to change
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obscene or explicit
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of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
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faster or more intense than the regular style
Noun
hardcore (uncountable)
- Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.
- 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)[1]:
- You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.
- Several music genres, including:
- Hardcore punk.
- 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:
- Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.
- 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:
- Gangsta rap.
- Let's listen to some hardcore.
- Hardcore techno.
- Hardcore punk.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Russian: хардко́р m (xardkór)
Translations
hardcore punk or techno music
broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate
Spanish
Noun
hardcore m (plural hardcores)
- hardcore
- quiere ser hardcore y su mamá no lo deja
- he wants to be hardcore and his mother doesn't let him
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