How to pronounce“thug”in English
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Definitions of “thug”
A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
“They call you a land of license—free but to thug and thief.”
To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
“Mr. Ingleby ascertained at the office—after threading the mazes of passage and staircase as though he expected momently to be Thugged—that his nephew had not yet come.”
(often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
“I don’t thug out, but I’m not Wall Street, either. Russell Simmons and Puffy have clothes for this look in the affordable range.”