Cool, in a rugged wrong-side-of-the-tracks way. Comes from the S.E. Hinton novel The Outsiders. Oppose preppie, and differs significantly from tough.
You ain't tuff, and you never will be, ya preppie!
Means sharp, cool, wicked awesome, etc.It's a compliment to call someone or something tuff. Used in S.E. Hintons Tuff book The Outsiders.
Johnny: Man, that is a tough car. Mustangs, huh, they're tuff.
or
Jen: You know Pat?
Meg: Yeah, he's pretty tuff.
Something cool. It's used in the movie The Outsiders. The greasers use it as they talk about mustangs.
1. That mustang over there is tuff.
2. Socials always have tuff mustangs
3. Man, that mustang's tuff.
what you say when someone says something like "i scraped my knee yesterday" but you don't really care
Karen: "My essential oils broke!" Keisha: "that's tuff"
similar to 'tight'; a word used to describe something
"a son dat's tuff right there." or "Them shoes is tuff"
kids who think they're cool use this word as a way of saying something is cool
"bro look at my new shoes", "Dam they tuff as hell"