LADDISH

Meaning of LADDISH in English

lad ‧ dish /ˈlædɪʃ/ BrE AmE adjective British English

a young man who is laddish likes spending time with other men, drinking alcohol, and enjoying things like sport, sex, and music ⇨ lad

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

LADDISH — ˈladish adjective : resembling or belonging to a lad : boyish , immature , youthful • lad·dish·ness noun -es
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LADDISH — adj. (British Slang) macho, uncouth
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LADDISH — ladd|ish BrE AmE ˈlæd| ɪʃ ▷ ladd|ism ˌɪz ə m
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LADDISH — / ˈlædɪʃ; NAmE / adjective ( informal ) behaving in a way that is supposed to be typical of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADDISH — If you describe someone as laddish , you mean that they behave in a way that people think is typical …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADDISH — If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they behave in a way that people think is typical of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LADDISH — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He most famously played the part of Gary, the laddish flatmate in "Men Behaving …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LADDISH — [adjective] UK disapprovingBehaviour that is laddish is typical of young men in social groups.
Cambridge English vocab
LADDISH — Adj. Of or like the characteristics of a young man or lad, often loud, macho, arrogant and sexist.
Slang English vocab
LADDISH — See ↑ MAN 3
Longman Activator English vocab
LADDISHNESS — noun see laddish
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAD — — laddish , adj. — ladhood , n. /lad/ , n. 1. a boy or youth. 2. Informal. a familiar …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAD — / læd; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] ( old-fashioned or informal , BrE ) a boy or young …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SATIRE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE political ▪ Simon Regan, founding editor of political satire magazine Scallywag, has died at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LADDETTE — Noun. A female equivalent of a male who might be considered 'laddish'. Such characteristics might be confident, brashness, loudness, sexism, …
Slang English vocab
MAN — INDEX: 1. a man 2. for men 3. typical of men 4. what you call a man when you speak …
Longman Activator English vocab
VIRILE — adj. 25B6; adjective MANLY, masculine, male; strong, tough, vigorous, robust, muscular, muscly, brawny, rugged, sturdy, husky; red-blooded, fertile; informal macho, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MACHO — n. 25B6; adjective a macho, non-caring image : (AGGRESSIVELY) MALE, (unpleasantly) masculine; manly, virile, red-blooded; informal butch, laddish. wimpish. 25B6; …
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