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badass - 2 dictionary results

bad⋅ass

[bad-as] Slang: Vulgar.
–adjective Also, badassed.
1. (of a person) difficult to deal with; mean-tempered; touchy.
2. distinctively tough or powerful; so exceptional as to be intimidating.
–noun
3. a mean-tempered troublemaker.

Origin:
1960–65; bad 1 + ass 2
bad·ass   (bād'ās')   
n.  A mean-tempered or belligerent person.
adj.  Mean; belligerent.
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