hardcore

See also:hard-coreandHardcore

English

Alternative forms

• hard-core

Etymology

Fromhard+‎core:hardto the core;1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)

Adjective

hardcore(comparativemorehardcore,superlativemosthardcore)

1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

   Synonyms:diehard,steely-eyed,tough as nails,gung ho

   He's ahardcoregamer.

2. (colloquial)Particularlyintense;thrillinglydangerousorerratic;desirablyviolentin appearance; pleasing or "cool"due to intensity or danger.

   That show washardcore,dude.

3. Resistant to change.
4. Obsceneorexplicit.
5. (pornography)Depictingpenetrationand abnormal sexual activity.
6. (music)Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Translations

having an extreme dedication to a certain activity

• Hungarian:megszállott(hu)
• Norwegian Bokmål:^{(pleaseverify)}beinhard
• Portuguese:hardcore(pt)
• Slovene:^{(pleaseverify)}izredno predan neki aktivnosti
• Spanish:esforzado(es)m,muydedicado(es)
• Swedish:inbiten(sv),stenhård(sv)

particularly intense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Ngạnh hạch(zh)(yìnghé)

• Polish:hardcore'owy
• Portuguese:punk(pt)
• Spanish:intensísimo(es)
• Swedish:mäktig(sv),intensiv(sv)

resistant to change

• Finnish:sitkeä(fi),peräänantamaton(fi)
• Slovene:^{(pleaseverify)}nasprotujočspremembam
• Spanish:duro(es),resistente(es),renuente(es)

obscene or explicit

• Slovene:nespodoben,nedvoumen,jasen(sl)
• Spanish:obsceno(es),explícito(es)

of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration

• Bengali:হার্ডকোর পর্নোগ্রাফি(bn)(harḍokōr pornōgraphi)
• Finnish:kova(fi)
• Hungarian:kemény pornó(hu)
• Persian:هاردکور(hârd-kor)
• Spanish:duro(es)
• Swedish:Hårdporr

faster or more intense than the regular style

• Slovene:^{(pleaseverify)}htrejšiinmočnejšikotobičajen,^{(pleaseverify)}osnovenslog
• Spanish:duro(es),violento(es),pesado(es)
• Swedish:hård-

Noun

hardcore(uncountable)

1. Broken bricks, stone and/or otheraggregateused asfoundations,especially in road and path laying.
   • 2014August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, inThe Daily Telegraph(Property)‎^[1]:

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

2. Several music genres, including:
   1. Hardcore punk.
      • 1981,Cary Darling,Billboard,page10:

        Fields began recording thehardcorepunk bands in 1978 when few others would.

   2. Gangsta rap.
   3. Hardcore techno.
   4. Jungle.
      • 1994September,Simon Reynolds,“Above The Treeline”, inThe Wire‎^[2]:

        Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes,Hardcoregot “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point,Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media.

   5. Outlaw country.

Derived terms

• Christian hardcore
• -core
• digital hardcore
• happy hardcore
• hardcore breaks
• hardcore porn
• hardcore pornography
• hardcore punk
• melodic hardcore
• post-hardcore
• UK hardcore

Descendants

• →German:Hardcore
• Russian:хардко́рm(xardkór)

Translations

hardcore punk or techno music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Ngạnh hạch(zh)(yìnghé)

• Marathi:हार्डकोरn(hārḍkor)
• Polish:hardcore(pl)m
• Portuguese:hardcore(pt)m
• Russian:хардко́р(ru)m(xardkór)
• Swedish:hardcore(sv)c

broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate

Adverb

hardcore(notcomparable)

1. (colloquial)In a hardcore manner; intensely or extremely.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishhardcore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈxar.tkɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-artkɔr
• Syllabification:hard‧core

Noun

hardcoreminan

1. (slang)somethinghardcore(particularly intense)
2. (music)hardcore(hardcore punk or techno music)

Declension

Declension ofhardcore

	singular
nominative	hardcore
genitive	hardcore'u
dative	hardcore'owi
accusative	hardcore
instrumental	hardcore'em
locative	hardcorze
vocative	hardcorze

Derived terms

adjective

• hardcore'owy

noun

• hardcorowiec

Further reading

• hardcorein Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishhardcore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/xaɾˈkoɾ/[xaɾˈkoɾ]
• Rhymes:-oɾ

Noun

hardcorem(pluralhardcores)

1. hardcore

   quiere serhardcorey su mamá no lo deja

   he wants to behardcoreand his mother doesn't let him

Adjective

hardcore(invariable)

1. hardcore

Usage notes

According toRoyal Spanish Academy(RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.