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• b-boy
  b-boy

  noun

  a boy or young man who likes or is involved in hip-hop culture.
• B-boy
  B-boy

  noun

  a male rap-music fan, who typically can be identified by his casual style of dress

b-boy

American  

[bee-boi] / ˈbiˌbɔɪ /

noun

Informal.

1. a boy or young man who likes or is involved in hip-hop culture.

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B-boy British  

/ ˈbiːˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a male rap-music fan, who typically can be identified by his casual style of dress

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Etymology

Origin of b-boy

First recorded in 1980–85; b(reak dancing) ( def. ) + boy ( def. )

Example Sentences

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But Steve Gow, the group’s secretary and long-time b-boy Stevie G, tells the BBC the size and isolation of Australia inhibits the growth and development of the scene.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

That makes every Paris b-boy and b-girl battle in this Olympics historic including, for better or worse, Gunn’s overnight notoriety.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2024

Culbreath’s dance of grief, though a touch maudlin in its miming, uses the expressive potential of b-boy steps, the way he spirals and windmills on his back, to intensely moving effect.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

He has the flavor and swagger expected of a diehard b-boy.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

"Who would like to b-be responsible for this b-boy?"

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

B-boy Lee, who hails from Amsterdam and competed in the Olympics as part of Team Netherlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

“It feels great that the sport now has a lot more eyeballs on it,” Minatozaki, who goes by B-boy Yu-Ki, told the AP through a translator.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

By comparison, the snappily dressed kids in group shots typically arrange themselves in poses, crouching with their arms upraised or wingspread like the Jackson 5 or folded on their chests B-boy style.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

Among the upcoming offerings is one featuring Luca Patuelli, Canadian B-boy and founder of ILL-Abilities Company, in a work created by Alessandro Giaquinto of Stuttgart Ballet.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021

But I just stood there in my B-boy stance, empowered by strains of “The Bridge Is Over” running through my head, until I felt like the message had gotten across.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore