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PLUG-UGLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does plug-ugly mean?

• PLUG-UGLY (noun)
The noun PLUG-UGLY has 1 sense:

1. someone who bullies weaker people

Familiarity information: PLUG-UGLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLUG-UGLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who bullies weaker people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

plug-ugly; tough guy

Hypernyms ("plug-ugly" is a kind of...):

bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo (a cruel and brutal fellow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plug-ugly"):

Ted; Teddy boy (a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes)

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