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comparative more macho, superlative most macho
(informal) Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. quotations examples
I like sports because I enjoy knowing that many of these macho athletes have to vomit before a big game. Any guy who would take a job where you gotta puke first is my kinda guy.
1997, George Carlin, “SPORTS ROUNDUP”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, page 56
The government’s “bullish” and “macho” approach to Brexit should not stop Conservative backbenchers from tabling amendments to the crucial repeal bill, a leading Tory remainer has said.
2017 September 4, “End ‘macho’ Brexit posturing, Anna Soubry urges May”, in The Guardian
Joseph Biden has described Donald Trump’s refusal to wear a mask as “macho”, an insult unlikely to wound a president, who, before his illness, began rallies with speakers blasting the Village People’s 1979 song Macho Man.
2020 October 15, Francine Prose, “Trump's macho bravado is an embarrassment. Yet it puts us all in danger”, in The Guardian
plural machos
A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. quotations examples
You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss
1978, “Macho Man”, performed by Village People
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus). examples
A male llama. examples