Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tough cookies

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
tough -cook-ies
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of tough cookie

intj

Too bad (for one); the outcome that one desires is not likely to change.

Informal

Usage

Synonyms

tough luck hard cheese shit out of luck tough bananas tough shit tough sledding tough tarts tough titties tough titty tough toodles tough tuchus

Questions

What does tough cookies mean?
plural of tough cookie

How to pronounce tough cookies

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