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macho
/ˈmætʃəʊ/
noun
A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
A male llama.
Synonymsmacho man
adjective
Tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough
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