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brother-zoning

brother-zoning is the present participle and gerund of brother-zone.

Meaning of brother-zone

Verb

brother-zone (third-person singular simple present brother-zones, present participle brother-zoning, simple past and past participle brother-zoned)

  1. (slang, transitive) To view or categorize someone as a brotherly figure, rather than a potential romantic partner.

Questions about brother-zoning

What is brother-zoning the present participle and gerund of?
Brother-zoning is the present participle and gerund of brother-zone.

Words near brother-zoning in the dictionary

  1. brother-slayer
  2. brother-slayers
  3. brother-zone
  4. brother-zoned
  5. brother-zones
  6. brother-zoning
  7. brotherboy
  8. brotherboys
  9. brotherdom
  10. brothered
  11. brotherfucker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brother-zoning (page history and authors); brother-zone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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