macho

Meanings

Adjective

• tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough

Noun

• A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
• The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus (species)).
• A male llama.

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish macho, from Latin masculus. male.