Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man or boy who engages in b-boying.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[b-, probably short for break (from the danceable breaks in funk recordings from which turntablists make breakbeat music to which b-boying is done ) + boy.]

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Examples

  • What had made matters worse was that my b-boy skills had got noticed by seniors who were jocks and they started taking me under their wing.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Mom had set it up with a local radio station after seeing something in one of the newspapers that advertised special b-boy surprises, sending crews to private homes for 30-minute gigs.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • The lovely Liesl is played by a pasty, paunchy middle-aged man who gamely glides through "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" like the dreamiest of teenagers, "Climb Every Mountain" is the anthem not of a Mother Superior but of an angsty popping-and-locking b-boy, and "Something Good," in which Maria and Captain Von Trapp confess their love, features three pairs of lovers, two of them same-gender.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • The lovely Liesl is played by a pasty, paunchy middle-aged man who gamely glides through "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" like the dreamiest of teenagers, "Climb Every Mountain" is the anthem not of a Mother Superior but of an angsty popping-and-locking b-boy, and "Something Good," in which Maria and Captain Von Trapp confess their love, features three pairs of lovers, two of them same-gender.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • The lovely Liesl is played by a pasty, paunchy middle-aged man who gamely glides through "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" like the dreamiest of teenagers, "Climb Every Mountain" is the anthem not of a Mother Superior but of an angsty popping-and-locking b-boy, and "Something Good," in which Maria and Captain Von Trapp confess their love, features three pairs of lovers, two of them same-gender.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • Eat it b-boy, capitalists are humans (I know I know even I want to argue with that last statement) and with that what other group/s could be to blame? bobby b needs 2 live said on April 29th, 2009 at 1: 27 am your comment is still personal opinion so i respect it. (also i love big werds)

    Captain Planet Returns Just in Time 2009

  • Having growing up in hip hop before the b-boy and graffiti were united with it to form a movement, before we acknowledged a difference between rap and hip hop because both were still forming, and before we fully respected the art of a true emcee, I never saw it outside of the realm of clear and rational opinion on objective truth.

    Eric J. Henderson: Hip Hop and the (Near) Future Eric J. Henderson 2011

  • They've got a music academy, a worldwide b-boy battle, and soundclashes, where bands of different genres are pitted against each other.

    Nightlife agenda David Malitz 2010

  • Having growing up in hip hop before the b-boy and graffiti were united with it to form a movement, before we acknowledged a difference between rap and hip hop because both were still forming, and before we fully respected the art of a true emcee, I never saw it outside of the realm of clear and rational opinion on objective truth.

    Eric J. Henderson: Hip Hop and the (Near) Future Eric J. Henderson 2011

  • The lovely Liesl is played by a pasty, paunchy middle-aged man who gamely glides through "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" like the dreamiest of teenagers, "Climb Every Mountain" is the anthem not of a Mother Superior but of an angsty popping-and-locking b-boy, and "Something Good," in which Maria and Captain Von Trapp confess their love, features three pairs of lovers, two of them same-gender.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

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