Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various massive dark or very faint objects, including black holes, brown dwarf stars, or large planets, that may exist in galactic halos and make up at least part of the dark matter that is hypothesized to pervade the universe.
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- initialism
massive compact halo object
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Both Willis and Russell are currently filming and the term MACHO makes me think dude has played in an/as action movie/action hero.
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And just like the name MACHO, the name WIMP is a prime example of the all-too-common physicist's habit of using incredibly childish language to describe their ideas.
Physics silliness x00c5;ka 2009
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And just like the name MACHO, the name WIMP is a prime example of the all-too-common physicist's habit of using incredibly childish language to describe their ideas.
Archive 2009-01-01 x00c5;ka 2009
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They get amateurs involved as well, and some of the gravitational lensing teams, such as MACHO are looking for amateurs to also work with them.
Universe Today 2008
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How anyone could vote for robers, alito, scalia and thomas and then against a woman will more experience and knowledge than all four put together shows what a bunch of little boys trying to show their MACHO .... guess they won't need that little blue pill tonight ...
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And you see yourself as TOO MACHO, too hetero — to be with aman.
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And you see yourself as TOO MACHO, too hetero — to be with a man.
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And you see yourself as TOO MACHO, too hetero — to be with aman.
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And you see yourself as TOO MACHO, too hetero — to be with a man.
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You're the one who un-banned himself in order to play dumb MACHO (pun intended) games with us peon IDiots.
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