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bad-ass

 adjective
     
bad-ass [only before noun] American English informal
1 very good or impressive:
bad-ass biker gear
2 a bad-ass person is very determined and does not always obey rules - used to show approval:
Johnson plays this bad-ass cop named O'Riley.
—bad-ass , badass noun [countable]
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