gangster
Syllables: gang·ster/ˈɡæŋ.stɚ//ˈɡæŋ.stəː/
gangster noun: a member of a criminal or street gang.
Noun
gangster (plural gangsters)
- A member of a criminal or street gang.
- A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
Verb
gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)
Adjective
gangster (comparative more gangster, superlative most gangster)
- Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.
- I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!"2011, Isaiah Washington, Lavaille Lavette, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, New York, N.Y. […]: Center Street, →ISBN, page 121
- Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music2024 February 12, @Teller_Banks357, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024
- On friendly terms; cool.
- We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.
- "Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing.2016, Janae M. Robinson, Crumbling Down, →ISBN, page 75
gangster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gangster in Hindi
- गैंगस्टर
gangster in Tamil
- தொகுதி வேலையாட்கள், கொள்ளைக்கூட்டன், கொள்ளையன்
gangster in Marathi
- गँगस्टर
gangster in Urdu
- gangster, moocher, mug, nicker
- اچکا učakkā
More languagesFewer languages
- gangster in Bengali
- ডাকাত, অপরাধী
- gangster in Malayalam
- കൊള്ളസംഘാംഗം, മുഷ്കരസംഘാംഗം, ഭീകരസംഘാംഗം
- gangster in Kannada
- ಸುಲಿಗೆಕೂಟದವನು, ಕಳ್ಳಕೂಟಿಗ
- gangster in Punjabi
- ਗੁੰਡਾਗਰਦ
- gangster in Gujarati
- ગેંગસ્ટર
- gangster in Odia
- ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଙ୍ଗଷ୍ଟର, ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଙ୍ଗ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଙ୍ଗଷ୍ଟର୍
- gangster in Nepali
- ग्यांस्टर, ग्याङस्टर, गैंगस्टर
- gangster in Arabic
- سَارِق sāriq, عُضْو فِي عِصَابَة ʕuḍw fī ʕiṣāba, قاطِع الطَّرِيق qāṭiʕ aṭ-ṭarīq, رَجُل الْعِصَابَة rajul al-ʕiṣāba
- gangster in Malay
- gengster
- gangster in Persian
- راهزن râhzan, خلافکار xalâfkâr, اوباش owbâš, اراذل arâzel
- gangster in Thai
- นักเลง nák-leeng, อันธพาล an-tá-paan
Examples of gangster in a sentence
- The gangster blew off the sheriff's head.
- The gangsters roughed him up a little.
- In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.
Forms of gangster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gangsters |
| alternative form (slang) | gangsta |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gangsters |
| present participle | gangstering |
| past participle | gangstered |
| past | gangstered |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more gangster |
| superlative | most gangster |
Origin of gangster
From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
Words formed from gangster
- antigangster
- bankster
- black gangster
- cybergangster
- e-gangster
- gangsta
- gangsterdom
- gangsteress
- gangsterette
- gangsterful
- gangsterhood
- gangsterical
- gangsterish
- gangsterism
- gangsterize
- gangsterland
- gangster lean
- gangsterless
- gangsterlike
- gangsterly
- gangsterness
- gangster rap
- gangster ride
- gangstership
- gangsterwise
- OG
- wankster
- YG
Phrases with gangster
Questions about gangster
- What does gangster mean?
- Gangster means a member of a criminal or street gang.
- What is gangster in Hindi?
- Gangster in Hindi is गैंगस्टर. See Gangster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gangster?
- Gangster can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gangster?
- Gangster is pronounced /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gangster?
- The plural of gangster is gangsters.
Words near gangster in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gangster (page history and authors); gangster (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gangster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gangster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اچکا (Urdu) (page history and authors); gangster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gangster (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gangster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gangster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gangster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gangster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gangster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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