hardcore

See also: hard-core

English

Alternative forms

• hard-core

Etymology

hard +‎ core 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adjective

hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard.

   He's a hardcore gamer.

2. (slang) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

   That show was hardcore, dude.

3. Resistant to change.
4. Obscene or explicit.
5. (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
6. (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Synonyms

• (diehard): steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho

Translations

having an extreme dedication to a certain activity

• Hungarian: megszállott (hu)
• Norwegian Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} beinhard
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} izredno predan neki aktivnosti

• Spanish: esforzado (es) m, muy dedicado (es)
• Swedish: inbiten (sv), stenhård (sv)

particularly intense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬核 (zh)

• Spanish: intensísimo (es)
• Swedish: mäktig (sv), intensiv (sv)

resistant to change

• Finnish: sitkeä (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} nasprotujoč spremembam

• Spanish: duro (es) m, resistente (es) m or f, renuente (es) m or f

obscene or explicit

• Slovak: nespodoben, nedvoumen, jasen

• Spanish: obsceno (es), explícito (es)

of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration

• Finnish: kova (fi)
• Hungarian: kemény pornó
• Persian: هاردکور‎ (hârd-kor)

• Spanish: duro (es)
• Swedish: Hårdporr

faster or more intense than the regular style

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} htrejši in močnejši kot običajen , ^{(please verify)} osnoven slog
• Spanish: duro (es), violento (es), pesado (es)

• Swedish: hård-

Noun

hardcore (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. Several music genres, including:
   1. Hardcore punk.
      • 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:

        Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.

   2. Gangsta rap.

      Let's listen to some hardcore.

   3. Hardcore techno.

Derived terms

• -core
• happy hardcore
• hardcore punk

Descendants

• Russian: хардко́р m (xardkór)

Translations

hardcore punk or techno music

• Marathi: हार्डकोर n (hārḍkora)
• Russian: хардко́р (ru) m (xardkór)

• Swedish: hardcore (sv) c

broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate

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Spanish

Noun

hardcore m (plural hardcores)

1. hardcore

   quiere ser hardcore y su mamá no lo deja

   he wants to be hardcore and his mother doesn't let him