English

Alternative forms

• hard-core

Adjective

hardcore ‎(comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard.

   He's a hardcore gamer.

2. (slang) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

   That show was hardcore, dude.‎

3. Resistant to change.
4. Obscene or explicit.
5. (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
6. (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Translations

Synonyms

• (diehard): steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho

Noun

hardcore ‎(uncountable)

1. broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations especially in road and path laying.
   • 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):

     You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.

2. hardcore punk
   • 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:

     Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.

3. gangsta rap

   • Let's listen to some hardcore.

4. hardcore techno

Derived terms

• -core
• happy hardcore
• hardcore punk

Translations

Descendants

• Russian: хардко́р m ‎(xardkór)

Spanish

Noun

hardcore m ‎(plural hardcores)

1. hardcore