Usually means: Able to endure hardship, resilient.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word tough:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. tough: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tough: Merriam-Webster
  3. tough: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tough: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tough: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tough: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tough, tough: Wordnik
  8. tough: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tough: Wiktionary
  10. tough: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tough: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tough: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tough: Dictionary.com
  14. tough: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tough: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Tough, Tough (John Mayall album), Tough (Kellie Pickler song), Tough (Kurtis Blow album), Tough (Lewis Capaldi song), Tough (Wishbone Ash album), Tough (film), Tough (manga), Tough: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tough: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tough: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tough: Rhymezone
  20. tough: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tough: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Tough: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. tough: FreeDictionary.org
  24. tough: ESL Idiom Page
  25. tough: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. tough: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tough: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tough: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TOUGH: Acronym Finder
  2. tough: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. tough, tough, tough: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tough: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. tough: The Folk File
  4. tough: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
adjective:  (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
adjective:  (of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy.
adjective:  (of a person) Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
adjective:  (of weather, etc.) Harsh or severe.
adjective:  Rowdy or rough.
adjective:  (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
adjective:  (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
adjective:  Strict, not lenient.
noun:  A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
verb:  To endure.
verb:  To toughen.

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