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    [Adjective]  | "hard-boiled" | \ ˈhärd-ˈbȯi(-ə)ld \


    1: boiled until both white and yolk have solidified

    2: devoid of sentimentality : tough

    3: of, relating to, or being a detective story featuring a tough unsentimental protagonist and a matter-of-fact attitude towards violence


    Origin: 1589 ;

    [Verb]  | "hard-boil" | \ ˈhärd-ˈbȯi(-ə)l \


    1: to cook (an egg) in the shell until both white and yolk have solidified


    Origin: 1653 ;

     Back-formation from hard-boiled;

    [Adjective]  | "hard-boiled" 


    1: having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings;


      * e.g., " ... a hard-boiled Puritan schoolmaster who was as unyielding as New England granite "





    2: having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment;


      * e.g., " ... made the hard-boiled business decision to downsize the company, thereby costing thousands of longtime employees their jobs "





     [ "hard boiled" ]

    1: An adjective describing a person that is seemingly unphased by anything. Derived from the Hong Kong movie Hard Boiled directed by John Woo.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo don't mess with them cats, they hard boiled. 

     [ "Hard Boiled" ]

    1: An AWESOME Hong Kong action movie starring Yun Fat Chow and directed by John Woo. It's about the super badass Inspector Tequila, who goes around killing people... I don't know Chinese so I didn't understand the plot (too lazy to read subtitles), but I do know it's about Tequila, and his partner get's killed, and some other stuff happens, they they explode...

      * e.g.,  ... Hard Boiled guarentees 100% chance of your balls being stomped. 


     [ "Hard Boiled" ]

    2: That about sums it up.

     [ "Hard Boiled" ]

    1: A Hong Kong film made by John Who in 199 A Bloodshed genre film. Starred Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. Many bloody gunfights occured in this film and many dead bodies spawning in almost every single scene. Like other John Woo's films, this movie also show some bloody slo-mo gunfights, amounts of flying doves, diving move, endless gunfight....so on.. A Badass movie.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: I wanna be a Detective Tequilla in Hard Boiled. He's a badass!!!! Dude 2: Try insert some Infinity Bullet and No Reloading Cheat, then here you go..... *Stranglehold is a sequel to Hard Boiled, released only on PC, PS3 and X360* 

     [ "Hard Boiled" ]

    1: An unrespected user on the gamefaqs message boards. He is well known for pretending to be an adult, a party animal and rich. Often times in his posts he uses large words which he uses wrong and sometimes misspells. He pretends to know everything and that is why many on the star wars galaxies message board refer to him as an ass.

      * e.g.,  ... I was talking to hard boiled today and it didn't take by 2 posts and he was already insulting my intelligence. 

     [ "hard boiled" ]

    1: An EGG that you prepare over a stove, with Boiling water. Wait until the water is boiling, gently insert your egg(s) in to the pot the water is boiling within. Set a clock or timer for 15 minutes, and Gently use tongs to remove them! They are Very Brittle!! Be careful..

      * e.g.,  ... We made some hard-boiled eggs for easter, YummZ! 

     [ "Hard-boiling" ]

    1: Hard-boiling occurs when a person sends a message digitally (text message, phone call e-mail etc.) and the recipient does not want to respond. One may not know they are hard-boiling another until it is already occurring. The recipient who chooses not to respond is thus 'poaching'.

      * e.g.,  ... Text Message "Hey Ethan, I think you should lose the mustache." Ethan's response? Didn't even pull his phone out of his pocket. You are straight up Hard-Boiling Ethan. 

     [ "hard boil" ]

    1: A sex move where the womans feet are pulled behind her head and her s.o. goes to down on her.

      * e.g.,  ... “Why is Lauren walking weird?” 

     [ "hard boiled" ]

    1: A white person who has either adopted or wants to adopt asian ideals. Hence, white on the outside and yellow on the inside.

      * e.g.,  ... I can't believe Steve is so hard boiled; I don't think he's ever been attracted to a girl that wasn't asian. 

     [ "Hard Boiled Bitch" ]

    1: Someone angry and feeling small or insignificant. A person with small feelings but angry about their feelings of insecurity.

      * e.g.,  ... "You know what, Andrew? You're acting like a Hard Boiled Bitch today" "He's in the bathroom crying like a Hard Boiled Bitch. He's been in there for 20 minutes now" 

     [ "hard boiled" ]

    1: someone who has lost all sex appeal and has become totally unappealing to their former mate

      * e.g.,  ... i found out that guy i've been dating waxes his eyebrows... he totally hard boiled himself 

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