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lil bro

lil bro is the diminutive of bro.

Meaning of bro

Noun

bro (plural bros)

  1. (slang) Brother (a male sibling).
    • My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.
  2. (slang) Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
    • Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.
  3. (slang) Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.
    • Near-synonym: man
    Synonyms:
    man
  4. (slang) A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
  5. (derogatory, in-compounds, slang, usually) Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.
    • Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.2021 May 25, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump, Penguin, →ISBN, page 152

See all 6 meanings of bro

Forms of lil bro

plurallil bros

Origin of lil bro

From lil + bro.

Questions about lil bro

What is lil bro the diminutive of?
Lil bro is the diminutive of bro.

Words near lil bro in the dictionary

  1. likuta
  2. Likwala
  3. Likʷala
  4. Lik̓ʷala
  5. lil
  6. lil bro
  7. lil ol'
  8. lil old
  9. lil ole
  10. lil'
  11. Lil'wat

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