thug
To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crimeTo commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
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Meaning
2 senses(informal, transitive)To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
(informal, transitive)(often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
- Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations
Examples
66 sentencesTom is a thug.
Том — головоріз. — deniko
I know Tom is a thug.
I know that Tom is a thug.
Tom has been acting like a thug.
Are you a thug?
Origin
Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derivedBorrowed 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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Forms
thugs, thugging, thugged, thuggedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.