Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is active in a gang, especially a young member of a criminal gang; a gangster.
- adjective Of or relating to the music, clothing, and culture of street gangs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A member of an
urban criminal or streetgang . - adjective slang exhibiting the traits or demeanor associated with the high risk lifestyle of urban street-thugs or hustlers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Black English) a member of a youth gang
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His nickname, "Inuksta," tattooed across his back is his own Inuit play on the word "gangsta."
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To clarify that statement-what I was saying at the interview-the term gangsta rap was so over-sloganized during that time ... and that in so many ways, everyday people, as well as the government, could have done so much more to really obliterate and eradicate things that were going on in the community at that time that forced the artists to talk about and discuss so strongly what they saw, what they lived with every day.
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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His nasal, half-comic vocal style, which became known as gangsta duck, was widely imitated during the early years of rap.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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His nasal, half-comic vocal style, which became known as gangsta duck, was widely imitated during the early years of rap.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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