toughie

Plural: toughies

Noun

• A strong, resilient, or difficult person or thing.
• an aggressive and violent young criminal
• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
• Something that is tough, or difficult.
• Someone or something that is strong and resilient.
• A tough; Someone or something that acts as a thug or bully.

Examples

• His question is a toughie. I might have to do some more research.
• That seven-letter word ’JUXTAPOSE’ was a real TOUGHIE to find on the board.

Synonyms

goon, hood, hoodlum, poser, punk, sticker, strong-armer, stumper, thug, tough