Guylike

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a guy, a male. colloquial

    "If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained in him […]"

Example

More examples

"If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained in him […]"

Etymology

From guy + -like.

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