Stallonesque

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adjective

in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.

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Meanings

adjectiveStallonesque (not comparable)
  1. not comparablein the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.

    Fourteen years old, dressed from head to toe in camouflage gear, with a Stallonesque headband and pimples.

    2012, Tom Holt, Djinn Rummy, Orbit, →ISBN
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    When his car was surrounded by Harvard students opposed to the war in 1967, Secretary of Defense McNamara stood on the hood and with Stallonesque élan screamed, "I was tougher than you are then

    1989, Jack Trumpboru, How Harvard Rules: Reason in the Service of Empire, South End Press, →ISBN, page 112

    When he's not killing bad guys or rescuing his girlfriend, Jessie (Janine Turner), Walker gets to deliver some dialogue that is as spectacular, in its own Stallonesque way, as the scenery.

    1995, James Pallot, The Movie Guide, Perigee Books

Origin

From Stallone + -esque.

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APA

Stallonesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallonesque

MLA

“Stallonesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallonesque. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stallonesque,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallonesque.

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