bruiser

noun

bruis·er ˈbrü-zər

: a big husky man

Examples of bruiser in a Sentence

That boy is going to be a bruiser when he grows up!

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In Rocco and His Brothers (1960), the actor plays Rocco, the angelic working-class southern boxer who finds himself at odds with his elder bruiser brother, Simone (Renato Salvatori). —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024 All of that, plus fuel, means the spacecraft tips the scales at approximately 13,000 lbs., which requires a bruiser of a rocket to muscle it off the ground. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 But Mack – freckled face, baby afro, rocking an unlimited supply of hockey jerseys – was an old-school verbal bruiser, coming up with wild-and-crazy rhyme schemes to all those MCs who dare step to him. —

Craig Lindsey, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024 The webtoon featured a political bruiser, played by Lee Byung-hun in the film, who seeks revenge after being ruined by politicians and the media. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bruiser