HARD-BOILED: Meaning and related words

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word hard-boiled:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

hard-boiled: Merriam-Webster
hard-boiled: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hard-boiled: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hard-boiled, hard-boiled: Collins English Dictionary
hard-boiled: Vocabulary.com
Hard-Boiled, Hard-boiled, hard-boiled: Wordnik
hard-boiled: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hard-boiled: Wiktionary
hard-boiled: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hard-boiled: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
hard-boiled: Infoplease Dictionary
hard-boiled: Dictionary.com
hard-boiled: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Hard-Boiled, Hard-boiled: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
hard-boiled: Rhymezone
hard-boiled: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
hard-boiled: FreeDictionary.org
hard-boiled: Mnemonic Dictionary
hard-boiled: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

hard-boiled: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

hard-boiled: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Cooked to a solid consistency. (of a boiled egg)
▸ adjective:  Callous and unsentimental. (of a person, especially a detective)
▸ adjective:  (literature, especially detective fiction) Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.

Opposite:

soft-boiled, runny, undercooked, tender

Types:

egg, quail egg, chicken egg, duck egg, more...

Phrases:

hard-boiled egg, Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, more...

Colors:

yellow, white, beige, cream, ivory, more...

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