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B-boy

noun

Etymology

Shortened from break + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. formed as b-boy — “break + boy”

Definitions

  1. A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance

    A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.

  2. A male member of the hip-hop subculture.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative letter-case form of B-boy.

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