B-boy

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker. slang
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of B-boy. alt-of
  3. 3
    A male member of the hip-hop subculture. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To breakdance. slang

    "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."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of B-boy. alt-of

Synonyms

All synonyms
breaker

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Shortened from break + boy.

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