bruiser

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bruiser

/bɹuːzə/ UK
/bɹʉwzə/ British, Southern, Standard
/bɹuzɚ/ US
/bɹʉːzə/ Australia, New Zealand
/bɾɪu̯zə/ Wales
/bɾʉzəɾ/ Scotland
[bɾʉːzəɾ] Scotland
/bɻʉzəɻ/ Northern Ireland

Rhymes with -uːzə(ɹ)

noun bruisers

In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
broadly, colloquial, derogatory A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person. His "assistant" was a big bruiser named Pete, who, with his enormous shoulders and menacing scowl, was clearly present for the intimidation factor.
Similar: thug
A machine for bruising oats.
A person who enjoys arguing with others.
A professional boxer. Sometimes, when in the newspapers I happen upon descriptions of our modern bruisers and prizefighters, I wonder what chance the best of them would have had against him.

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noun an athlete who likely will cause physical punishment

Deutsch	Bulle, bulliger Typ, Kraftmeier, Tier

noun a heavily built person, usually a man, especially prone to physical violence

Français	malabar, gorille
Deutsch	Schlägertyp, Brutalo

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@misc{bruiser_2026,
  title = {bruiser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bruiser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}