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    [Adjective]  | "tru*cu*lent" | \ ˈtrə-kyə-lənt \


    1: aggressively self-assertive : belligerent

    2: scathingly harsh : vitriolic

    3: feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage


    Origin: circa 1540 ;

     Latin truculentus, from truc-, trux savage; perhaps akin to Middle Irish trú doomed person;

    [Adjective]  | "truculent" 


    1: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight;


      * e.g., " ... die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team's loss "





    2: marked by harsh insulting language;


      * e.g., " ... a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews "





    3: having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others;


      * e.g., " ... played the role of a disturbed and truculent villain "



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     [ "truculent" ]

    1: 1) The unpleasant feeling of a truck approaching. Might entail premonitions of one's death/ sudden awareness of one's own mortality. 2) Easily annoyed and always ready to argue or fight. Frequent usage in intellectual/ pretentiously articulate contexts.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) John truculently crossed the street the day his beloved pet hamster had died. 2) 'Cindy is the most truculent person I know!', John said, still grieving for his hamster. 

     [ "truculent" ]

    1:  (adj) Of or related to gay orgies.

      * e.g.,  ... "The truculent group of males ran train on Brad" 

     [ "Truculate" ]

    1: To put the team on ones back, show extreme truculence and go beast mode in any form of sport professional or amateur

      * e.g.,  ... Bobby picked up the basketball and proceeded to truculate through the defense to get to the hoop 

     [ "truculant" ]

    1: It means to be argumentative

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: look at those girls over there fighting. 

     [ "Truculent Harry Plopper" ]

    1: A particularly difficult bowel movement.

      * e.g.,  ... James came out of the bathroom after 30 minutes wiping the sweat from his brow, and when asked what took so long, he replied, "Had myself a truculent Harry Plopper!" Wanderlust script, Episode 1: We were going to Dublin, visit some friends, we're on the plane, and he says he needs to piss and he's gone for what feels like an eternity. 

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