What does "pachuco" mean?

A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.

How do you pronounce "pachuco"?

Pronounced //pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ//.

Common synonyms include: chicano youth, flamboyant, pachuco fashion, pachuco style, pachuco-esque, pachuco-inspired.

/pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/ noun

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Noun

1
A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area. US, countable
"Now they saw that Terry was Mexican, a Pachuco wildcat; and that her boy was worse than that."
2
a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes wordnet
3
An argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló. uncountable
"Like the zoot suit, the Pachuco caló was adopted by a large part of the Chicano youth who did not, in essence, identify themselves as Pachucos."

"Now they saw that Terry was Mexican, a Pachuco wildcat; and that her boy was worse than that."

From Mexican Spanish pachuco (“flashily dressed”).