Library / English Dictionary

HOMEBOY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A male friend from your neighborhood or hometown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homeboy" is a kind of...):

acquaintance; friend (a person with whom you are acquainted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fellow male member of a youth gang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homeboy" is a kind of...):

fellow member; member (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization))

Holonyms ("homeboy" is a part of...):

youth gang (a gang whose members are teenagers)

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