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bad ass en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of badass.
    alt of badass
    • The people who flock to the movement do so with a bloodlust frenzy of who they see as this really bad ass dude, a cool bad ass dude because mass beheadings, well, gee, yeah, cool. 2015, Xavier Cockroachal Damon, You Is All a Bunch of A-holes, →ISBN:
    • He was a really bad ass kid because he was so bad in that school. 2016, ReBecca Benamati, The Bullier, →ISBN:
    • Pre-cancer, I always wanted to be a little more bad ass. 2010, Lorna J. Brunelle, Dirty Bombshell: From Thyroid Cancer Back to Fabulous!, →ISBN, page 189:
    • Sure enough, big, ole, bad ass football player was already there with his shirt off warming up. 2010, Dale W. Rogers, Imminent Danger, →ISBN:

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most bad ass Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bad ass Degree=Cmp lexicographic

bad ass en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of badass.
    alt of badass
    • Everyone in school was 'bad ass, and even if you weren't, you would have to act like you were a bad ass to keep everyone else off balance. 2013, Richard Quarantello, Surviving the Warzone: Growing Up East New York Brooklyn, →ISBN, page 27:
    • Shaving his head, he becomes the “bad ass” that his son addresses him as when he sees the chemo-induced haircut. 2012, David R. Koepsell, Robert Arp, Breaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry, →ISBN:
    • He was said to be a bad ass, so I guess he had to try to take me down a notch. 2011, G.B. Sonny Clayton, Long Journey Back, →ISBN, page 50:

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bad asses Number=Plur lexicographic