bruiser
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- (by extension) a tall, strong, heavily built man, especially one prone to physical violence; a thug.
- A machine for bruising oats.
Etymology
Suffix from English bruise.
Origin
English
bruise
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Cognates and derived terms
- bruisability English
- bruisable English
- bruise English
- bruiseless English
- bruiselike English
- bruisest English
- bruisewort English
- bruisy English
- forbruise English
- tobruise English
- bruisen Middle English