Bro
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Brother (a male sibling). slang
"My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up."
- 2 Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals). slang
"Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately."
- 3 Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men. slang
"Near-synonym: man"
- 4 A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture. slang
- 5 Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology. derogatory, in-compounds, slang, usually
"Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run."
- 1 Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color). abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
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More examples"OK!! Bro!! I don't want to hear any more!"
Etymology
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Clipping of brother. Compare Danish bror, Norwegian Bokmål bror, Swedish bror.
* As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”). * As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux. * As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.
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