Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A large, heavyset man.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who bruises.
- n. A concave tool for grinding the specula of telescopes. It is made of brass, about a quarter of an inch thick, hammered as near the gage as possible. By this instrument the speculum is prepared for the hands of the polisher.
- n. The name of various machines for bruising grain, etc., for feeding cattle.
- n. A boxer; a pugilist; a bully.
- n. A name applied to various plants supposed to be efficacious in healing bruises, as bruise-wort, soapwort, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. sports : In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that he will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
- n. By extension, a tall, strong, heavily built man, especially one prone to physical violence.
- n. A thug.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, bruises.
- n. A boxer; a pugilist; hence, a strong, tough person; -- often used in the phrase big bruiser.
- n. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large and strong and heavyset man
Examples
“Cops in the City of Angels have their eye on former WWE star Chyna: The burly bruiser is accused of attacking a female companion at a local motel last Saturday night.”
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“I do wonder that every time, if a bruiser is watching me. cool picture”
“This year has been easy the big bruiser is called Arlene and the babies are Craig, Len and Bruno, any Strictly Come Dancing fans will know why.”
“Ed Balls the bruiser is the man to confront these Tory lies”
The Guardian: Cartoon: Martin Rowson on Andy Coulson's resignation
“Mr. Panetta isn't known as a bruiser in what is likely to be a bruising era at the Pentagon.”
“Hummer H2 and H3 models have largely supplanted the original H1 bruiser, which is no longer being sold at retail.”
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“Ed Balls the bruiser is the man to confront these Tory lies | Polly Toynbee”
“But three or four years ago, his reputation was very different: he was routinely described as a "bruiser", and known as one of a small circle of insiders that linked Gordon Brown's coterie to some of the most powerful elements in the trade unions.”
“Repeating this "bruiser" on Wall Street reform would be very good for Democrats come November, no matter how the final vote turned out.”
The Huffington Post: Corker's Phony Bipartisanship Won't Fix Wall Street
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