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How to pronounce “thug”
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Pronunciation guide for thug
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of thug with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How to Be Black
enough because you’re not thug or hood or whatever.”
- Definition summary
- A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce thug
How to Be Black
enough because you’re not thug or hood or whatever.”
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “thug”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
- A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
- A criminal that extorts people.
- A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
- (historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
- (African-American Vernacular) One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
- (horticulture) An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
- A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
- [Verb]
- (informal, transitive) To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
- (informal, transitive) (often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
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