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youngblood

youngblood noun: someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.

Noun

youngblood (plural youngbloods)

  1. Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
  2. A young black gangster.
    • Born in 1971, he [Snoop Dogg] grew up in Long Beach with an absent biological father and a strict mother, and though his childhood was happy, he recalls everything coming to a halt in 1987. "I was too old to be a youngblood anymore, and too young to be able to take charge of my game," he remembered.2021, Eric Harvey, Who Got the Camera?: A History of Rap and Reality, page 207

Proper noun capitalized: Youngblood

Youngblood (plural Youngbloods)

  1. A surname.

Forms of youngblood

Noun
pluralyoungbloods
Proper noun
pluralYoungbloods

Plural of youngblood: youngbloods

Origin of youngblood

From young + blood.

Questions about youngblood

What does youngblood mean?
Youngblood means someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
What part of speech is youngblood?
Youngblood can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of youngblood?
The plural of youngblood is youngbloods.

Words near youngblood in the dictionary

  1. Young-Simpson syndrome
  2. Youngberg
  3. Youngbergs
  4. youngberries
  5. youngberry
  6. youngblood
  7. youngbloods
  8. youngcel
  9. youngcels
  10. Youngdahl
  11. Youngdahls

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