Meaning

2 senses

  1. (derogatory, mildly, slang)A tough person.

    Because he is in the police force, Andy is a hard case.

  2. (New Zealand, slang)An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. This is a hard case.

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  2. The forgetative is the hardest grammatical case in Esperanto!

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Forms

plural: hard cases
Singularhard case
Pluralhard cases

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
tough person:toughB2hard-asstough casetough cookietough guy
odd duckweirdo
strange person:kook

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hardA1hardballhardcore
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