Crossword clues for bruiser
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bruiser \Bruis"er\, n.
One who, or that which, bruises.
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A boxer; a pugilist; hence, a strong, tough person; -- often used in the phrase
big bruiser.
--R. Browning.Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand.
--T. Warton. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
--Knight.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a pugilist," 1744, agent noun from bruise (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context sports English): In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that he will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment. 2 By extension, a tall, strong, heavily built man, especially one prone to physical violence. 3 A thug.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Bruiser may refer to:
Bruiser is a 2000 American- French thriller film written and directed by George A. Romero and starring Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare and Leslie Hope.
Bruiser was the first film directed by Romero since the 1993 film The Dark Half. In contrast to his previous films, which were shot in and around Pittsburgh, Bruiser was filmed in Toronto.
Bruiser is a rock band from Chicago. Bruiser formed in 2005.
In 2006, Bruiser released the full-length album “Fantastic Theory”. They released “RightBeforeTheStopAhead” in 2008 and "I Sold Hand-Grenades To The Salvation Army" in 2009.
Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show that was produced for BBC Two. It premiered on 28 February 2000 and ran for six episodes ending on 15 March 2000. The main writers were David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Additional writers included Richard Ayoade and Ricky Gervais.
The BBC writes "And if the series itself is not widely remembered, it's notable not least for bringing together an immensely talented group of young performers who have since joined the 'A' list of British comedians."
Cast members were Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Martin Freeman, Matthew Holness and Charlotte Hudson.
Bruiser is the third studio album by English band The Duke Spirit. It was released in 2011 and was produced and mixed by Andrew Scheps. "Everybody's Under Your Spell" had previously been released as the lead track of the band's Kusama EP from 2010, and "Surrender" and "Don't Wait" were released as singles with accompanying music videos.
Usage examples of "bruiser".
Bruiser and Christianson were dividing up a gigantic pile of half-raw rattlesnake caviar blintzes Caine walked in.
One of the bruisers held off the mob while Lord Bute leapt from his own coach to that of Lord Hardwicke.
From the Leggo to the Bruiser, no one in the hierarchy could understand how the nursing-home beds seemed to open at a touch for ward 6-South, and only for ward 6-South.
Beneath that cone of neat grey felt, behind the dreary, tallowed pigment of his face, which had that thickened, stunned, and deadened look one often sees upon the faces of old bruisers, as if the violent and furious assault of stone and steel, the million harsh metallic clangours, the brutal stupefaction of the streets, at length had dried the flesh and thickened the skin, and blunted, numbed and calloused the aching tumult of the tortured and tormented senses--there still flowed blood as red and wet as any which ever swarmed into the earth below the laurel bush.
Pendragon, and another story from the alderman, about his friend, young Tattersall, employing Scroggins the bruiser, disguised as a countryman to beat an impudent Highgate toll-keeper, who had grossly insulted him, finished the amusements of the day, which Mrs.
Her place was immediately taken by another Blackshirt and I knew it would take more than a punch in the mouth to deal with this mean-looking bruiser.
He had seen bruisers demolished by smaller men who knew what they were about.
To look a these testosterone-loaded bruisers you would guess that they were a bunch of illiterates who would be lucky if they could read the label on a Bud.
He fastened Schmeling and Pacelli, the bruiser and the ascetic, under the visors of the brown caps.
Not sure just what might chance on this risky business he was undertaking, he had left his invaluable spotted destrier, Bruiser, in Armagh, in the dedicated care of two of his squires, his pages, and his servants.
Then he turned, and took one of the bruisers by the lapels of his coat.
It was held in the hand of Kuzela himself, and by its light the two bruisers glared at each other, their reddened stares of hate aimed upwards and downwards respectively.
Simon Templar beamed around upon the congregation upon Kuzela, and upon the two bruisers who loafed about the room, and upon the negro who stood behind his chair.
Humpty Dump-ties, bruisers bulging at the midriff, children that weigh five times the weight of their peers in Dacca.
I wanted to protect everything, everyone, save for the Bastards: the world's money-grubbing bruisers, terrorists and the like.