'hard-boiled' definitions:
Definition of 'hard-boiled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tough and callous by virtue of experience [syn: hard- bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious]
adjective
Used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge" [syn: case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled]
adjective
(eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
Definition of 'hard-boiled'
From: GCIDE
- hard-bitten \hard-bitten\ hard-boiled \hard-boiled\adj. not given to sentimentality or gentleness; -- of people; as, a hard-bitten character.
- Syn: pugnacious, tough. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Definition of 'hard-boiled'
From: GCIDE
- hard-boiled \hard-boiled\ adj.
- 1. same as hard-bitten.
- Syn: hard-bitten, pugnacious. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. emotionally hardened; -- used of persons.
- Syn: callous, case-hardened, hardened. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. cooked until the yolk is solid; -- used of eggs; as, a breakfast of pancakes and hard-boiled eggs. [WordNet 1.5]