Macho
adjective
Showing aggressive pride in being a man.
He has a macho image
Often appears as...
- macho man
- macho image
noun
A man who is very proud, considering manliness extremely important.
He's a typical macho, always talking about his latest conquests
Often appears as...
- typical macho
- macho culture
adjective
Showing aggressive pride in being a man.
He has a macho image
Often appears as...
- macho man
- macho image
noun
A man who is very proud, considering manliness extremely important.
He's a typical macho, always talking about his latest conquests
Often appears as...
- typical macho
- macho culture
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, 'macho' can be seen as negative, implying stubbornness or insensitivity.
His macho refusal to ask for directions frustrated everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Ironically Used
'Macho' can be used sarcastically to suggest someone is trying too hard to appear manly.
Nice tight shirt, Mr. Macho!
Pro Tip 3/3Overconfidence
When describing behavior, 'macho' might imply overconfidence or excessive risk-taking.
His macho stunt on the bike landed him in the hospital.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, 'macho' can be seen as negative, implying stubbornness or insensitivity.
His macho refusal to ask for directions frustrated everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Ironically Used
'Macho' can be used sarcastically to suggest someone is trying too hard to appear manly.
Nice tight shirt, Mr. Macho!
Pro Tip 3/3Overconfidence
When describing behavior, 'macho' might imply overconfidence or excessive risk-taking.
His macho stunt on the bike landed him in the hospital.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, 'macho' can be seen as negative, implying stubbornness or insensitivity.
His macho refusal to ask for directions frustrated everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Ironically Used
'Macho' can be used sarcastically to suggest someone is trying too hard to appear manly.
Nice tight shirt, Mr. Macho!
Pro Tip 3/3Overconfidence
When describing behavior, 'macho' might imply overconfidence or excessive risk-taking.
His macho stunt on the bike landed him in the hospital.
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Robert Thurman:...
You see that furrowed brow in people. And then you realize they don't even have compassion on themselves. They're driven by this duty and this obligation. "I have to get that. I need more. I'm not worthy. And I should do something." And they're rushing around all stressed out. And they think of it as somehow macho, hard discipline on themselves.
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Why bother leaving the...
the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
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My seven species of...
faster stronger and it's trying to show off its ability my macho I'm strong alright I can also do some Jackie Chan motion you know martial art movements it walks away so this is darling for you again you'll be able to see in the lobby we truly believe this is going to be the
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Who would the rest of...
and that's it. And if in order to do the best thing for your own people, you screw over everybody else on the planet, that's even better. That's considered to be a bit macho. Today, I think everybody in a position of power and responsibility has got a dual mandate,
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A tribute to nurses PIPE...
When he was in college, it was just not macho at all to become a nurse, so he avoided it for years. He drove trucks for a little while, but his life path was always pulling him back to nursing.
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
when an alliance harasses a female with a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
it brings home even more clearly that a gun is not some macho instrument to brag about. I stand here today to tell you about the use of the gun as an instrument of peace and stability.
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
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Thought-provoking...
his best attempt at a macho display has certainly caught their attention
Video examples
Robert Thurman:...
You see that furrowed brow in people. And then you realize they don't even have compassion on themselves. They're driven by this duty and this obligation. "I have to get that. I need more. I'm not worthy. And I should do something." And they're rushing around all stressed out. And they think of it as somehow macho, hard discipline on themselves.
Video examples
Why bother leaving the...
the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
Video examples
My seven species of...
faster stronger and it's trying to show off its ability my macho I'm strong alright I can also do some Jackie Chan motion you know martial art movements it walks away so this is darling for you again you'll be able to see in the lobby we truly believe this is going to be the
Video examples
Who would the rest of...
and that's it. And if in order to do the best thing for your own people, you screw over everybody else on the planet, that's even better. That's considered to be a bit macho. Today, I think everybody in a position of power and responsibility has got a dual mandate,
Video examples
A tribute to nurses PIPE...
When he was in college, it was just not macho at all to become a nurse, so he avoided it for years. He drove trucks for a little while, but his life path was always pulling him back to nursing.
Video examples
Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
when an alliance harasses a female with a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
Video examples
Peter van Uhm: Why I...
it brings home even more clearly that a gun is not some macho instrument to brag about. I stand here today to tell you about the use of the gun as an instrument of peace and stability.
Video examples
Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
Video examples
Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
Video examples
Thought-provoking...
his best attempt at a macho display has certainly caught their attention
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Quote examples
Edgar Ramirez
Venezuelan Actor
Feminism is nothing but equality, and actually, feminism benefits men because it liberates us and it releases us from many stigmas imposed by the macho culture on us as well. So if more of us could understand that it's nothing but equality, I think many agendas in terms of equality would have advanced quicker because it really helps us as well.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.
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Sibel Kekilli
German Actress
I really think that Muslim people should stop raising their boys and girls that way. They instill a macho culture right from the start of childhood. And if you have never learned to treat girls and women respectfully, you will never be able to act differently later on than the men in your culture, and in your family. That's fact.
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Alex Gibney
American Director
The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence.
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Beck
American Musician
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
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Floor Jansen
Dutch Musician
I agree that it's a macho world, metal, but it's also a very, very social world, where people are loving music in respect for one another, female or male.
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Lynne Ramsay
Scottish Director
It was quite a macho world I grew up in, but it was always cheeky and funny, and the women were the ones in the background that were really in control.
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Zoey Tur
American Journalist
Trying to erase 53 years of being a macho aggressive guy to trying to be a woman, and this is greatest challenge of my life.
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Miguel
American Musician
Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.
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Edgar Ramirez
Venezuelan Actor
Feminism is nothing but equality, and actually, feminism benefits men because it liberates us and it releases us from many stigmas imposed by the macho culture on us as well. So if more of us could understand that it's nothing but equality, I think many agendas in terms of equality would have advanced quicker because it really helps us as well.
Quote examples
Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.
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Sibel Kekilli
German Actress
I really think that Muslim people should stop raising their boys and girls that way. They instill a macho culture right from the start of childhood. And if you have never learned to treat girls and women respectfully, you will never be able to act differently later on than the men in your culture, and in your family. That's fact.
Quote examples
Alex Gibney
American Director
The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence.
Quote examples
Beck
American Musician
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
Quote examples
Floor Jansen
Dutch Musician
I agree that it's a macho world, metal, but it's also a very, very social world, where people are loving music in respect for one another, female or male.
Quote examples
Lynne Ramsay
Scottish Director
It was quite a macho world I grew up in, but it was always cheeky and funny, and the women were the ones in the background that were really in control.
Quote examples
Zoey Tur
American Journalist
Trying to erase 53 years of being a macho aggressive guy to trying to be a woman, and this is greatest challenge of my life.
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Miguel
American Musician
Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.
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