b-boy

noun

A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.

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Meanings

b-boy1

nounb-boy (plural b-boys)

plural b-boys

  1. Alternative letter-case form of B-boy.
verbb-boy (third-person singular simple present b-boys, present participle b-boying, simple past and past participle b-boyed)

present singular third person b-boys · participle present b-boying · participle past b-boyed · past b-boyed

  1. Alternative letter-case form of B-boy.

B-boy2

nounB-boy (plural B-boys)

plural B-boys · alternative Bboy · alternative B-Boy · alternative BBoy · alternative b-boy · alternative bboy

  1. slangA male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
  2. slangA male member of the hip-hop subculture.
verbB-boy (third-person singular simple present B-boys, present participle B-boying, simple past and past participle B-boyed)

present singular third person B-boys · participle present B-boying · participle past B-boyed · past B-boyed · alternative Bboy · alternative B-Boy · alternative BBoy · alternative b-boy · alternative bboy

  1. slangTo breakdance.

    By dancing to “Apache” or “It's Just Begun,” any contemporary breaker is arguing that communal values are shared by anyone who has b-boyed over the last three decades.

    2017, Tom Perchard, editor, From Soul to Hip Hop, Routledge, →ISBN, page 517

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
breaker

Origin

Shortened from break + boy.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Russian бибо́й
  • бибо́й (bibój)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

b-boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b-boy

MLA

“b-boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b-boy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “b-boy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b-boy.

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