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Boost

Language; Slang

1. (American) To steal. Originally from black slang, perhaps influenced by lift, hoist and heist, the term is now in general use among young people. It usually refers to petty theft, ...

Boomer

Language; Slang

1. (Australian ) A particularly large kangaroo. 'Boom' is an archaic term meaning to rush or move forcefully. 2. (Australian ) Something excellent, admirable, exciting 3. (American) A ...

Bop

Language; Slang

1. A fast, cool style of modern jazz introduced in the 1940s; also known as bebop. Bop was accompanied by rapid nonsense lyrics and dancing. 2. A dance. A word from 1950s America, ...

Bop

Language; Slang

1a. To dance 'Bop till you drop.' (Record title, Ry Cooder, 1974) 1b. To move in a fast but relaxed way. This usage became popular in Britain in the late 1960s and is still heard. Why don't we ...

Boondocks

Language; Slang

(American) An out-of-the-way place, a rural community, the back of beyond, the sticks. In Tagalog, a language spoken in the Philip- pines, bundok means a mountain (area). The word was picked ...

Booted

Language; Slang

1. (American) Expelled, 'booted out' (of school or college). A preppie term of the 1970s. 2. (British) Ugly. One of a set of terms, including busted and kicked, in vogue since 2000 and ...

Boom-ting

Language; Slang

(British) Something excellent or impressive. An item of black British slang adopted by adolescents during the 1990s, combining the slang sense of boom and the Afro- Caribbean pronunciation ...