hardcore

See also: hard-core and Hardcore

English

Alternative forms

• hard-core

Etymology

hard +‎ core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adjective

hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

   Synonyms: diehard, steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho

   He's a hardcore gamer.

2. (colloquial) 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.

Translations

having an extreme dedication to a certain activity

• Hungarian: megszállott (hu)
• Norwegian Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} beinhard
• Portuguese: hardcore (pt)
• 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) (yìnghé)

• Polish: hardcore'owy
• Portuguese: punk (pt)
• Spanish: intensísimo (es)
• Swedish: mäktig (sv), intensiv (sv)

resistant to change

• Finnish: sitkeä (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} nasprotujoč spremembam
• Spanish: duro (es), resistente (es), renuente (es)

obscene or explicit

• Slovene: nespodoben, nedvoumen, jasen (sl)
• Spanish: obsceno (es), explícito (es)

of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration

• Bengali: হার্ডকোর পর্নোগ্রাফি (bn) (harḍkor pôrnographi)
• Finnish: kova (fi)
• Hungarian: kemény pornó
• Persian: هاردکور‎ (hârd-kor)
• Spanish: duro (es)
• Swedish: Hårdporr

faster or more intense than the regular style

• Slovene: ^{(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.
   3. Hardcore techno.
   4. 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.

   5. Outlaw country.

Derived terms

• -core
• happy hardcore
• hardcore punk

Descendants

• → German: Hardcore
• Russian: хардко́р m (xardkór)

Translations

hardcore punk or techno music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬核 (zh)

• Marathi: हार्डकोर n (hārḍkor)
• Polish: hardcore (pl) m
• Portuguese: hardcore (pt) m
• Russian: хардко́р (ru) m (xardkór)
• Swedish: hardcore (sv) c

broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxar.tkɔr/
• Rhymes: -artkɔr
• Syllabification: hard‧core

Noun

hardcore m inan

1. (slang) something hardcore (particularly intense)
2. (music) hardcore (hardcore punk or techno music)

Declension

Declension of hardcore

	singular
nominative	hardcore
genitive	hardcore'u
dative	hardcore'owi
accusative	hardcore
instrumental	hardcore'em
locative	hardcorze
vocative	hardcorze

Derived terms

adjective

• hardcore'owy

 

noun

• hardcorowiec

 

Further reading

• hardcore in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hardcore in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaɾˈkoɾ/ [xaɾˈkoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

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