Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-nose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
hard-nose
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

adj

Alternative form of hard-nosed.

Etymology

From hard + nose.

Inflected Forms

hard-noses (plural) more hard-nose (comparative) most hard-nose (superlative)

Rhymes With

those does close shows goes knows rose follows clothes chose nose pay through the nose

Questions

What does hard-nose mean?
A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
Where does hard-nose come from?
From hard + nose.

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