Usually means: Fearlessly confident, tough, and uncompromising.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word badass:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. badass: Merriam-Webster
  2. badass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. badass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. badass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Badass, badass: Wordnik
  6. badass: Wiktionary
  7. badass: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. badass: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. badass: Dictionary.com
  10. Badass (Saliva song), Badass (book), Badass (bridges), Badass (guitar bridges), Badass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. badass: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. badass: Merriam-Webster

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Badass: 1960's Slang
  2. badass: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (US, sometimes considered, vulgar, slang, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
noun:  (US, sometimes considered, vulgar, slang, positive connotation) A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.
adjective:  (US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, negative connotation) Belligerent and troublesome.
adjective:  (US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, positive connotation) Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable.

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