English

Alternative forms

• hardboiled
• hard boiled

Adjective

hard-boiled ‎(comparative more hard-boiled, superlative most hard-boiled)

1. (of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency.
2. (of a person, especially of a detective) Callous and unsentimental.

Related terms

• soft-boiled
• hard-boiled fiction

Translations

Verb

hard-boiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of hard-boil