0 behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man: --
I can't stand macho men.
He's too macho to admit he was hurt when his girlfriend left him.
1 behaving in a way that is thought to be typical of a man, esp. by seeming strong and powerful but also seeming too determined to avoid showing weakness and sympathy: --
Most men like to have large and aggressive dogs as a macho, fashion accessory.
They must think about the teenagers who are bombarded with images of glamour and macho dynamic sports.
Koizumi maintained a relatively high rate of approval up until the end of his government, but the lurking danger - a very macho danger -was always palpable under his populist façade.
Whiteley's cogent analysis highlights the potential for blurring of genders and sexuality, in even the most apparently macho of performers.
Being within a disadvantaged social area, the boys at the school have a particularly strong desire to appear 'macho' and therefore disinterested in academic work.
Coates attempts to understand/ contextualise women's involvement in rock music from the premise that rock music is at its most compelling when it is most misogynistic and macho.
In conversation, boys also reiterated a 'macho' image in their views of themselves.
Some writers oppose the macho reading precisely because they know fans or are fans themselves.
