name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A man. Australian, slang

   "See Thesaurus:man"

2. 2
   Acronym of behaviors and talk, remembering, understanding, communicating, and evaluating. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncommon, uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
2. 2
   A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. 3
   A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
4. 4
   A town and locality north of Adelaide, South Australia.
5. 5
   A hamlet in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.

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6. 6
   A number of places in the United States:; A former town in Rock County, Minnesota.
7. 7
   A number of places in the United States:; A town in Calhoun County, Mississippi.
8. 8
   A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Brookings County, South Dakota.
9. 9
   A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
10. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
11. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; Some townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan (2), Minnesota, and North Carolina (2), listed under Bruce Township.

Synonyms

All synonyms

blokechapcovedudefellageezer

Example

More examples

"Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

Etymology 2

From the man's name Bruce.

Related phrases

Bruce CountyBruce PeninsulaManningford Bruce

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.