Definition of bad guy
bad guy 
noun
- a criminal. From the juvenile distinction between "good guys" (police, super heroes, etc.) and "bad guys". The conflict between the two groups is frequently played out in cartoons and movies.
Citation from "CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics", Popular Mechanics, Brad Reagan, August 2009 issue blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
Last edited on Dec 22 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta': | |
| Definitions include: a member of the mafia (aka "mob.") | |
| Definitions include: a member of the Bloods gang. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female, usually due to obesity. | |
| Definitions include: a person who smuggles undocumented aliens across the Mexico-US border into the United States, usually for a fee. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person or group. | |
| Definitions include: a clique of people. | |
| Definitions include: one who is good with the opposite sex. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend, feign. | |
| Definitions include: euphemism for "suspect" in a criminal case. | |
| Definitions include: an undesirable person - usually one who is without morals or decency. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta. | |
| Definitions include: woman. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; UNCOOL. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
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Other terms relating to 'bad': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bad-ass." | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent. | |
| Definitions include: a tough person or rebel. | |
| Definitions include: a disappointing event. | |
| Definitions include: a very attractive, cool, all-around good girlfriend-type. Positive. | |
| Definitions include: ongoing animosity. | |
| Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing". | |
| Definitions include: a person in a position of authority who is strict or mean. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
| Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good. | |
| Definitions include: an action that is likely to be harmful in a "karmic" way. | |
| Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal. | |
| Definitions include: vulva ("vagina"). | |
| Definitions include: to say bad things about another person. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
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Other terms relating to 'guy': | |
| Definitions include: friendly way of referring to a fellow male. | |
| Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is blamed for something bad. | |
| Definitions include: "fucking new guy". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: a member of the police force, one's nation's own military, a super-hero, etc. | |
| Definitions include: an expert or person one goes to for advice or a paid specialist in a given field. | |
| Definitions include: Pronouced (guy-it) | |
| Definitions include: anything. | |
| Definitions include: a nice person. | |
| Definitions include: any person who does something considered inappropriate; "the kind of guy that does that." | |
| Definitions include: egotistical, way too cool. | |
| Definitions include: a member of the mafia (aka "mob.") | |
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