MACHO

  1. (acronym) .  massive compact halo object.
  2. Adjective.  (informal) tending to display manly characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough.
  3. Noun.  A macho person; a person who tends to display manly characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
  4. Noun.  The striped mullet of California (''Mugil cephalus'', / Mexicanus).

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