hardware

A wedding or engagement ring, indication of an individual being "taken". Applies to both sexes.

"Psst! Look at that hunk. Drat, he's got hardware."

by tallgrrl July 22, 2004

Hardware

A medium used by gamers to compare themselves to each other, generally used by n00bs who couldn't do the same with skill.

n00b: I have 8 gigs of ram and an Intel Core i7!!!!11 My hardware rocks!!!1
Veteran: I have half a gig of ram and an Intel Pentium 2, yet I'm still pwning you.

by F3N4TiK August 22, 2009

hardware

An object, everything physical in opposition to wordsoftware/word

by BelgainDSoul August 12, 2003

hardware

Jewelry, especially when worn in a piercing.

Did you see all the hardware on that strippers snatch? It looked like a fishing tackle accident!

by Jim Inman August 26, 2006

Hardware

On a skateboard, the screws and bolts that hold the board together.

You can buy hardware cheap.

by Ricky Benda May 27, 2005

hardware

Crack Cocaine, Rocks, Opposite of Software

You got any of dat hardware?

by Daniel Son February 6, 2006

packing hardware

Packing hardware is street and police slang for carrying firearm, especially powerful firearms.

When the patrolmen searched the gangbangers they found .45 caliber Glocks, which is really packing hardware.

by I, Wreckerrr January 29, 2016