"B-girl" meaning in All languages combined

See B-girl on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-B-girl.ogg Forms: B-girls [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation of bargirl. Head templates: {{en-noun}} B-girl (plural B-girls)
  1. (US, slang) A bargirl. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: B-drinker, b-girl
    Sense id: en-B-girl-en-noun-6jRQoRRo Disambiguation of People: 72 28 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 28 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 27 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-B-girl.ogg Forms: B-girls [plural]
Etymology: b(reak) + girl, formed by analogy with B-boy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} B-girl (plural B-girls)
  1. (slang) A woman who performs breakdance; a female breaker. Tags: slang Coordinate_terms: B-boy
    Sense id: en-B-girl-en-noun-3pNsldUE
  2. (slang) A female member of the hip-hop subculture. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-B-girl-en-noun-ooid4nEs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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