/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
OriginBorrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.
- informalMasculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
“macho culture”
“I like sports because I enjoy knowing that many of these macho athletes have to vomit before a big game. Any guy who would take a job where you gotta puke first is my kinda guy.”
“The government’s “bullish” and “macho” approach to Brexit should not stop Conservative backbenchers from tabling amendments to the crucial repeal bill, a leading Tory remainer has said.”
- A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
“You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss”
- A very masculine man.
- Machismo
“[…] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.”
“Though there was plentiful evidence to the contrary that should have made plain to him the hairy masculine macho of German gays, Hitler's stereotyped image perceived them as woman-like, surrendering, ”
“On this day, when tens of millions of men, and women, are watching this yearly celebration of American macho, we'd like them to stop and think about the prevalence of male violence against women and w”
- The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
- A male llama.
- abbreviation, alt-of, initialismInitialism of massive astrophysical compact halo object.
Formsmore macho(comparative) · most macho(superlative) · machos(plural) · MACHOs(plural)