hardcore
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
- Synonyms: diehard, steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho
- He's a hardcore gamer.
- (colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
- That show was hardcore, dude.
- Resistant to change.
- Obscene or explicit.
- (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.
Translations edit
having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
particularly intense
resistant to change
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obscene or explicit
of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
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faster or more intense than the regular style
Noun edit
hardcore (uncountable)
- Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.
- 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)[1]:
- You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.
- Several music genres, including:
- Hardcore punk.
- 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:
- Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.
- Gangsta rap.
- Hardcore techno.
- Jungle.
- 1994 September, Simon Reynolds, “Above The Treeline”, in The Wire[2]:
- Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media.
- Outlaw country.
- Hardcore punk.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
hardcore punk or techno music
broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate
Adverb edit
hardcore (not comparable)
- (colloquial) In a hardcore manner; intensely or extremely.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hardcore m inan
Declension edit
Declension of hardcore
singular | |
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nominative | hardcore |
genitive | hardcore'u |
dative | hardcore'owi |
accusative | hardcore |
instrumental | hardcore'em |
locative | hardcorze |
vocative | hardcorze |
Derived terms edit
adjective
noun
Further reading edit
- hardcore in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hardcore m (plural hardcores)
- hardcore
- quiere ser hardcore y su mamá no lo deja
- he wants to be hardcore and his mother doesn't let him
Adjective edit
hardcore (invariable)