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.

Coordinate terms

• B-girl

Translations

Translations

• Russian: бибо́й (ru) m (bibój)

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.

References

• “B-boy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• BYOB, obby