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gangbanger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋəː] (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɚ/ without æ-raising
  • /ˈɡæŋˌbæŋəː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɚ/ æ-raising
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɚ/ æ-raising
  • [ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɹ̩] æ-raising
  • [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɹ̩] without æ-raising
  • [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɹ̩] æ-raising

Etymology

From gangbang + -er.

Meanings

  1. (US, slang) A member of a violent gang; a violent person.
    • After a turbulent youth — the bookish, asthmatic child became a teenage gangbanger, juvenile offender and drug addict — Coolio worked as a volunteer firefighter. 2022 September 29, Eduardo Medina, McKenna Oxenden, “Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  2. (vulgar) Someone who takes part in a gangbang.

Forms

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gangbangers Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

banger · bang