bruiser

noun

bruis·​er ˈbrü-zər How to pronounce bruiser (audio)
: a big husky man

Examples of bruiser in a Sentence

That boy is going to be a bruiser when he grows up!
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Hunting a buck bedding area during the rut could be your ticket to hanging an old bruiser on the wall. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024 Elliott is a lock, serving the role of a bruiser and pass protector. Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024 In Rocco and His Brothers (1960), the actor plays Rocco, the angelic working-class southern boxer who finds himself at odds with his elder bruiser brother, Simone (Renato Salvatori). Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024 All of that, plus fuel, means the spacecraft tips the scales at approximately 13,000 lbs., which requires a bruiser of a rocket to muscle it off the ground. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bruiser 

Word History

First Known Use

1742, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bruiser was in 1742

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“Bruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruiser. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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bruiser

noun
bruis·​er ˈbrü-zər How to pronounce bruiser (audio)
: a big husky person
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