B-boy

See also: b-boy

English

Alternative forms

  • Bboy, B-Boy, BBoy, b-boy, bboy

Etymology

Shortened from break +‎ boy.

Noun

B-boy (plural B-boys)

  1. (slang) A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
  2. (slang) A male member of the hip-hop subculture.

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Verb

B-boy (third-person singular simple present B-boys, present participle B-boying, simple past and past participle B-boyed)

  1. (slang) To breakdance.
    • 2017, Tom Perchard, editor, From Soul to Hip Hop, Routledge, →ISBN, page 517:
      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.

Usage notes

The verb is not considered gender-specific within the community; it is also the preferred term for the activity.[1]

References

  1. ^ Tom Perchard, editor (2017), From Soul to Hip Hop, Routledge, →ISBN, page 517: “Although the noun “b-girl” is used for female breakers, the verb “b-boying” is considered non-gender-specific within the community; hence b-girls often refer to what they're doing as “b-boying.””

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