homeboy

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a guy;

a male friend

Collocates yo⁴, block³, chill³, what's up², crack², baby mama², beef², hyna², Califas, celly, chrome, chronic, clique up, clip, club, cold, crazy, crew, dank, dope, fiend, 5-0, floss, fly, front, front on, front, fugazi, game, go hard, holla at, Hollis, hood, I'mma, keep it real, keyed, ki, kick, lac, loc, Oaktown, on the cut, on the daily, peace out, Phantom, puff, raza, represent, rhyme, ride, ride, rims, rope, shout-out, simp, sit on, skanless, skunk, snatch, spark, spray up, steady, street, stripes, stunt, sweat, thug, time, turn it out, underground, weed, what's crackin', fed, thugged-out, it's on, tryna, bid, Clinton, peeps, around the way, Audi 5000, ayo, B.I., Benz, biatch, Caddy

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1960s

Synonyms B, crew, dog, fam, G, god, homie, loc, mayne, son, wodie

Related words homegirl

Timeline

1981 Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 "Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)" [Jazzy Sensation]
The homeboys in the house
1984-03-27 Run-D.M.C. "Rock Box" [Run-D.M.C.]
Fly girls in the place, homeboys, Hollis crew
1984-03-27 Run-D.M.C. "It's Like That" [Run-D.M.C.]
So listen up, homeboy, give this a thought

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