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B-boy en · NOUN

Etymology

Shortened from break + boy.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
  2. (slang) A male member of the hip-hop subculture.

Forms

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B-boys Number=Plur lexicographic
bboy alternative lexicographic
b-boy alternative lexicographic
BBoy alternative lexicographic
B-Boy alternative lexicographic
Bboy alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

B-girl

Translations (1)

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B-boy en · VERB

Etymology

Shortened from break + boy.

Meanings

  1. (slang) To breakdance.
    • By dancing to “Apache” or “It's Just Begun,” any contemporary breaker is arguing that communal values are shared by anyone who has b-boyed over the last three decades. 2017, Tom Perchard, editor, From Soul to Hip Hop, Routledge, →ISBN, page 517:

Forms

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Bboy alternative lexicographic
BBoy alternative lexicographic
B-boying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
B-boys Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
b-boy alternative lexicographic
B-Boy alternative lexicographic
bboy alternative lexicographic
B-boyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
B-boyed Tense=Past lexicographic