Toughie (Noun)
Meaning 1
An aggressive and violent young criminal.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The teacher had one last toughie to pose to the class before dismissing them for the day.
- It took hours to finally figure out the math problem that was the toughest of all, a real toughie.
- Everyone had a great time playing trivia until we came to a particularly tough question, which stumped all the contestants - the toughie.
- A student called in on a TV game show who is now the latest big money winner nailed every answer - all the easy and toughies with incredible knowledge of every thing he is presented with.
- If that physics equation seems like a toughie try changing one formula first before second solving everything for an accurate figure on X that must equate an easy precise read solution afterwards - especially you genius seniors almost always moving onwards now.