What is the name meaning of TOUGH. Phrases containing TOUGH
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TOUGH
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese
Raven; Benevolent; Edge of a Knife; Tough; Lotus; Water Lily
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name denoting a serf, Middle English, Old French vass(e), from Late Latin vassus, of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh gwas ‘boy’, Gaelic foss ‘servant’.English : variant of Vause.Swedish : variant of Wass.South German : variant of Fass.Hungarian : from vas ‘iron’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith, or a nickname for a resilient, tough man.
Male
English
Originally an American English boxing term, this name was later used as a byname for a tough-guy. Finally it transferred to a forename, and it still carries the same original BIFF means, "a blow with the fist."
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh : habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Solid constant, tough, substantive
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English
English : perhaps, as Reaney proposes, a variant of Tough.
Male
English
 English name derived from the Old English/Low German word, flint, FLINT means "stone splinter," originally used as a byname for someone "hard and tough as flint." Compare with another form of Flint.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Strong as a Rock; Tough
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strong, Tough, Robust
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Iranian, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi
Strong; Patient; Solid; Constant; Tough; Substantive; Firm
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Australian, Chinese, German, Turkish
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Scottish
Scottish : variant of Tulloch. In Scotland it is pronounced tyookh.English : nickname for a valiant or stubborn person, from Middle English togh, tow(e) ‘steadfast’.
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Australian, Japanese
Tough; Strong
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Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Tough; Robust; Forceful
Boy/Male
Indian
Strong, Tough, Robust
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n.
See Tough-pitch (b).
n.
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
superl.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
v. i. & t.
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
The ruddy duck.
a.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
superl.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
n.
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
n.
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
superl.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
adv.
In a tough manner.
n.
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
a.
Tough in a slight degree.
n.
The quality or state of being tough.
n.
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
n.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
imp. & p. p.
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