figures

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:49 a.m.

money

Collocates stack¹⁵, clock¹⁰, flip⁵, steady⁴, bitch⁴, digits³, -ass³, bout³, roll with², rap², player², spitter², mad², jigga², all about², bitch², bust², cat², club², cook², down², weight², ghetto², hoe², hustle², yo², thug², gat, get your ____ on, ghetto, glock, god, grind, hard, hood, hook-up, hustle, hustler, keep it real, kicks, lead, metal, on the grind, peace, peep, platinum, rapper, real, represent, roll, scrilla, shady, slip, stack up, stack, step, straight, stress, Swisher, swoll, tall, trap, trip, I'mma, Rari, push, flossed out, about, all about, ayo, baby mama, baller, ball, block, boo, break off, brick, buck, check, cheese, clap, coke, crack, crew, dope, dough, flip, flow, four fifth, fuck with, G, gangsta, gangsta

Etymology from the sense of figures typically modified by a number, as in "The salary was six figures"

Synonyms Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin, bread, broccoli, cabbage, cake, cheddar, cheese, chips, commas, cream, decimals, digits, dinero, dough, ends, feta, fetti, G, gouda, green, guac, guacamole, guap, lettuce, lucci, luchini, mail, pape, paper, papes, root of evil, scrill, scrilla, snaps, trap, yaper

Related concepts long, tall

Rhymes niggaz¹⁸, niggas¹⁷, nigga¹⁴, bigger⁸, triggers⁶, bigga³, Jigga³, triggas³, picture², biggest, bridges, diggers, Flippers, glitter, go-getter, guerrilla, hard-hitters, killas, liquor, liquors, misters, pictures, sister, spitter

Timeline

1992-09-22 Showbiz & A.G. "Represent" feat. Big L, D'Shawn, Lord Finesse [Runaway Slave]
I'm out to get bigger, lounge, and make rich figures
1994-04-19 Nas "N.Y. State of Mind" [Illmatic]
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
1994-07-31 Craig Mack "Shinika" [Flava In Ya Ear]
Hangin with my niggas, makin figures

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