b-boy
b-boy is the alternative letter-case form of B-boy.
Noun capitalized: B-boy
B-boy (plural B-boys)
- A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
- A male member of the hip-hop subculture.
Verb capitalized: B-boy
B-boy (third-person singular simple present B-boys, present participle B-boying, simple past and past participle B-boyed)
- 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.2017, Tom Perchard, editor, From Soul to Hip Hop, Routledge, →ISBN, page 517
Forms of b-boy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | b-boys |
| plural | B-boys |
| alternative form | Bboy |
| alternative form | B-Boy |
| alternative form | BBoy |
| alternative form | b-boy |
| alternative form | bboy |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | b-boys |
| present participle | b-boying |
| past participle | b-boyed |
| past | b-boyed |
| third-person singular present | B-boys |
| present participle | B-boying |
| past participle | B-boyed |
| past | B-boyed |
Origin of b-boy
Shortened from break + boy.
Questions about b-boy
- What does b-boy mean?
- B-boy means a male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
- What is b-boy the alternative letter-case form of?
- B-boy is the alternative letter-case form of B-boy.
- What part of speech is b-boy?
- B-boy can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of b-boy?
- The plural of b-boy is b-boys.
Words near b-boy in the dictionary
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