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Definition: Bruiser |
BruiserNoun1. A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bruiser" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the ar of boxing also an inferior workman among chasers. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BruiserSynonyms: bull (n), strapper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler;prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bruiser |
| English words defined with "bruiser": bull ♦ Samson, strapper. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And this is Bruiser Woods (Legally Blonde; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bruiser (1916) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Bruiser" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.49% of the time. "Bruiser" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.49% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.51% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bruiser": big bruiser ♦ Louis the Bruiser ♦ whin bruiser. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bruiser | 33 |
bruiser tamiya | 30 |
bruiser dick | 30 |
bruiser brody | 27 |
bruiser trek | 11 |
bruiser wood | 9 |
kid bruiser t shirt | 8 |
thor kid bruiser t shirt | 8 |
blonde bruiser legally | 7 |
brian bruiser cox | 5 |
pt bruiser | 4 |
bruiser chihuahua | 3 |
book bruiser | 3 |
2 bruiser trek | 3 |
bob bruiser sweetan | 3 |
bruiser sale tamiya | 3 |
bruiser tamiya toyota | 2 |
big bruiser | 2 |
brody bruiser death | 2 |
blonde bruiser from legally | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bruiser"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri i fortë (athlete, ironside). (various references) | |
Arabic | الملا كم (fighter, pugilist, puncher). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | побойник (bully, ruffian, thrasher). (various references) | |
Czech | rváè (goon, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tiger). (various references) | |
French | malabar, cogneur. (various references) | |
German | Kraftmeier. (various references) | |
Greek | πυγμάχοσ (boxer, prise fighter, prize fighter, pug, pugilist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתא'רף (boxer, prize fighter, pugilist), בעל א'רוף. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ökölvívó (boxer, fistic, pugilist, pugilistic, scrapper), zúzómalom (breaker, grinding mill, stamp mill), verekedős vagány, hivatásos ökölvívó (prize fighter), bokszoló (boxer, fighter, hammerer, prize fighter, pug, pugilist, scrapper). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jago bertarung. (various references) | |
Italian | pugile (boxer, pugilist, pugilists). (various references) | |
Manx | donkan (paviour's rammer), broojeyder (pounder), brooder (masher). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uiserbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pugilista (boxer, fighter, pugilist). (various references) | |
Russian | боксер-профессионал (prize fighter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krupan muškarac, jak (beefy, great, grunting ox, humming, intense, lusty, powerful, racy, red blooded, sinewy, spanking, stiff, strong, tenacious, yak). (various references) | |
Spanish | boxeador (boxer), matón (bully, goon, gorilla, heavy, hoodlum, plug ugly, rough, roughneck, ruffian, thug). (various references) | |
Swedish | grälmakare (quarreller, wrangler). (various references) | |
Thai | ชายร่างใหญ่แข็งแรง. (various references) | |
Turkish | boksör (boxer, fighter, pug, pugilist, puncher), kaba ve güçlü adam. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | борець (champion, defender, fighter, pugilist, wolf's bane, wrestler), боксер (boxer, pugilist, sparrer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bruiser": bruisers. (additional references) | |
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"Bruiser" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blueser, Brister, broise, broiser, Broisset, broser, Bruaer, bruiter, Brulisau, Brusie, Bruynse, Buisseret. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bruiser" (pronounced 'Bruis"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: buriers. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: briers, bruise, burier, buries, busier, rubier, rubies. | |
-2 letters: biers, birrs, birse, brier, bries, burrs, burse, rebus, ribes, riser, rubes, ruers, sieur, suber, surer. | |
-3 letters: bier, birr, bise, brie, bris, burr, burs, errs, ires, rebs, reis, ribs, rise, rube, rubs, ruer, rues, ruse, sire, suer, sure, urbs, user. | |
-4 letters: bis, brr, bur, bus, err, ers. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bruisers, bruiters, brushier, burriest, reburies. | |
+2 letters: blurriest, bourrides, brushfire, burnisher, bursaries, carburise, disburser, disturber, furbisher, reburials, refurbish, reimburse, scrubbier, shrubbier, subwriter, turbaries. | |
+3 letters: airbrushed, airbrushes, blurriness, brogueries, brushfires, brusquerie, burglaries, burnishers, carburised, carburises, carburizes, disbursers, disturbers, furbishers, herbariums, mulberries, pourboires, reimbursed, reimburses, rubberizes, rubricates, submariner, subscriber, subwriters, underbrims, upbraiders. | |
+4 letters: arboviruses, bitterbrush, blueberries, breadfruits, brusqueries, budgerigars, burglarizes, hairbrushes, herbivorous, interurbans, irrecusable, irrecusably, irresoluble, protrusible, refurbished, refurbisher, refurbishes, reimbursing, republisher, shrubberies, subdirector, subirrigate, subliterary, submariners, subscribers, superbright, superscribe, tributaries. | |
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