The Online Slang Dictionary
(American, English, and Urban slang)

Login     Register     Forgot password     Resend confirmation

Definition of a b-boy

b-boy

  • also: bboy, often capitalized: B-Boy, BBoy. Short for break boy, as in someone who dances during the break part of a record, the break being the part in the song where all the other instruments drop out and only the percussion remains. The original term for "breakdancer" or "breaker", later briefly used to describe any practitioner or fan of HipHop, a HipHopper, a person who belongs to the HipHop subculture, lives the HipHop lifestyle, current usage is reserved only for practitioners of bboying or "breakdancing", sometimes extended to practitioners of the related dances encompassing the "funk styles" which is not technically bboying but shares a symbiotic relationship with bboying, also a type of human or human-like character in graffiti art. alternative etymologies include: Bronx boy, boogie boy, also break boy with an alternative definition for "break". bboy can also be used as a verb.

    Last edited on Apr 25 2020. Submitted by JeloRocSki on Apr 25 2020.

noun

origin

  • Abbreviated form of "break-boy".

    Last edited on Jul 27 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 26 2013.

+Add a definition for this slang term

More info:

Interactive stats:

Related words

Slang terms with the same meaning

None found.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'b':

Definitions include: woman.
Definitions include: basketball.
Definitions include: to bounce, i.e. to leave.
Definitions include: "birthday."
Definitions include: butthole/jackass
Definitions include: a metaphorical list of second-rate people and things (who don't qualify for the a-list.)
Definitions include: the traditionally blue (Democratic) cities of Berkeley, California; Boulder, Colorado; and Brooklyn, New York, New York.
Definitions include: Referring to the quality of a movie, either effects, actors, or filming quality that are sub par.
Definitions include: acronym for "but whatever".
Definitions include: acronym for "dick and balls".
Definitions include: "douche bag".
Definitions include: an alternate plan.
Definitions include: to focus on beer, "bud" (marijuana), and "bitches" (women.)
Definitions include: a combination of the word 'sup and the word b.
Definitions include: Its used from Blood members to talk to other Blood members without drawing attention to other people in other gangs.

Other terms relating to 'boy':

Definitions include: prescription drug in pill form providing temporary pharmaceutical relief for males with erectile dysfunction.
Definitions include: interjection of encouragement.
Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
Definitions include: a preppy person that smokes weed.
Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
Definitions include: alternate spelling of "boy".
Definitions include: See also my boy.
Definitions include: a pop group whose members are young men.
Definitions include: exclamation of excitement.
Definitions include: the police.
Definitions include: a male who helps strangers.
Definitions include: the police.
Definitions include: police officers.
Definitions include: a male with whom one has an intimate relationship.
Definitions include: a horse jockey trainee

How common is this slang?

Don't click the following.
I use it(6)  
No longer use it(3)  
Heard it but never used it(14)  
Have never heard it(6)  

How vulgar is this slang?

Average of 16 votes: 22%  (See the most vulgar words.)


Least vulgar  
  Most vulgar

Your vote: None   (To vote, click the pepper. Vote how vulgar the word is – not how mean it is.)


Least vulgar  
  Most vulgar

Where is this slang used?

Logged-in users can add themselves to the map. Login, Register, Login instantly with Facebook.


Link to this slang definition

To link to this term in a web page or blog, insert the following.

<a href="http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/a-b-boy">a b-boy</a>

To link to this term in a wiki such as Wikipedia, insert the following.

[http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/a-b-boy a b-boy]

Some wikis use a different format for links, so be sure to check the documentation.