One of many images, like the party animal or the bad boy image.
The guy claimed that somebody else had a stranglehold on people's minds, but wouldn't let his own band members wear moo moo's or silly looking outfits because he wanted to keep the band's hard hitting image intact. He didn't want anybody to know his image for the entire band wasnt a reflection of who he really was.
by Solid Mantis January 4, 2021
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When a girl acts like she doesn’t want to have sex to make a guy try harder than normal.

Similar to ‘playing hard to getpurely sexual.
Chris: Dude, Shelly wants me so bad.

Brian: Oh man, I been had that. She loves playing hard to hit.
by Deuce Grams March 17, 2022
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Someone who thinks they hit a lot harder than they actually do.
He/she always talked about being a hard hitter, or how his/her songs, writing, or words were somehow hard hitting, to make it sound tougher than it was. He/she had a hard hitting image to defend.
by Solid Mantis January 2, 2021
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