Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who inflexibly follows or enforces rules.
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- adjective vulgar, slang
tough ,uncompromising andinflexible - noun vulgar, slang A
tough andcombative person.
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Examples
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If she were a man, she’d be called a hard-ass, but because she wore skirts, she was referred to by some as a real bitch.
Transfer of Power Vince Flynn 1999
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If she were a man, she’d be called a hard-ass, but because she wore skirts, she was referred to by some as a real bitch.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997
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Morgan is creepy and haunted, Rick is tired and haunted, Abraham is a haunted hard-ass, and Carl is just the survivor-kid who seems to be able to handle anything.
Quick Hits – Angel: Blood and Trenches #1, Power of the Valkyrie #1, and More 2009
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Gibbs is a hard-ass, but a very nice hard-ass, who usually has all the answers thanks to his well-honed "gut."
William Bradley: NCIS: America's Favorite Show and What It Tells Us William Bradley 2011
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I jokingly call my mother Mommie Dearest because she's a hard-ass, but without her constantly in my face, I'd never get anywhere.
Nikki Luongo: Can We Blame Our Parents for Our Own Mistakes? Nikki Luongo 2012
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Morgan is creepy and haunted, Rick is tired and haunted, Abraham is a haunted hard-ass, and Carl is just the survivor-kid who seems to be able to handle anything.
14 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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I can be a hard-ass, but I shut my office door and sat down and cried.
Riva Greenberg: The Woman Who Raised Diabetes Hero Phil Southerland Riva Greenberg 2011
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Gibbs is a hard-ass, but a very nice hard-ass, who usually has all the answers thanks to his well-honed "gut."
William Bradley: NCIS: America's Favorite Show and What It Tells Us William Bradley 2011
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I can be a hard-ass, but I shut my office door and sat down and cried.
Riva Greenberg: The Woman Who Raised Diabetes Hero Phil Southerland Riva Greenberg 2011
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It centres on high-flying, hard-ass LA business executive Amy Laura Dern, who has a nervous breakdown in front of her equally high-flying, hard-ass colleagues and then returns to work after a three-month retreat in Hawaii and a spiritual awakening that causes her to twirl round the place saying things like: "You can change and be an agent of change."
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