Значение

значений: 8
  1. A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.

  2. A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

    an aggressive and violent young criminal

  3. A criminal that extorts people.

  4. A person who use intimidation to coerce others.

  5. (историческое)One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.

  6. One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.

  7. An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.

  8. A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.

Примеры

предложений: 66
  1. I know Tom is a thug.

  2. I know that Tom is a thug.

  3. Tom has been acting like a thug.

  4. Are you a thug?

  5. Tom was a thug.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
someone who treats others violently or roughly:
Русский
По значениям 1
someone who treats others violently or roughly:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
someone who treats others violently or roughly:

Происхождение

Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived

Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more.

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Формы

мн. число: thugs
Ед. числоthug
Мн. числоthugs

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 8
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 17

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