macho man

macho man (plural macho men)

1. A hypermasculine, sexually attractive, virile man.

   Alternative form: machoman

   Antonyms: manbaby, manboy, man child, manchild, man-child; beta male, gamma male, sigma male; girly girl, girlie girl, girlie, babygirl, baby girl

   Near-synonyms: macho, alpha male, he-man; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man

   • 1978, “Macho Man”, performed by Village People:

     Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains / You can best believe that he's a macho man

   • 1982, Michael Jackson, “Beat It”, in Thriller:

     You better run, you better do what you can / Don’t wanna see no blood, don’t be a macho man

   • 1984, Julia Runk Jones, Milo Trump, Livingston's Field Guide to North American Males:

     The young Machoman in summer makes a beautiful sighting — bare chested, hat sparkling in the sun.

• MacMahon