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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈhard-ˈboiled, adj. - Food(of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- Informal Termsnot sentimental;
realistic;
tough:a hard-boiled detective.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hard-boiled (härd′boild′),USA pronunciation adj. - Food[Cookery.](of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- Informal Termstough;
unsentimental:a hard-boiled vice-squad detective. - marked by a direct, clear-headed approach;
realistic:a hard-boiled appraisal of the foreign situation. - Literature(of detective fiction) written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.
- 1715–25; 1895–80 for def. 2; hard + boiled
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