"shotta" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-shotta.ogg Forms: shottas [plural]
Etymology: From shooter. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shotta (plural shottas)
  1. (Jamaica, slang) An armed gangster. Tags: Jamaica, slang Categories (topical): People

Noun [Jamaican Creole]

IPA: /ˈʃata/ Forms: shotta dem [plural], shotta [quantified]
Etymology: From English shooter. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|shooter}} English shooter Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=shotta}} shotta, {{jam-noun}} shotta (plural shotta dem, quantified shotta)
  1. An armed gangster ; a gunman. Synonyms: gunman Related terms: gun bwoy, gunman, thugs
    Sense id: en-shotta-jam-noun-ze6ztjpF Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001, Donna P Hope, Inna di dancehall: popular culture and the politics of identity in Jamaica:",
          "text": "For example, a shotta from one street in the community had \"cut up\" another youth from their own avenue.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 June, Vibe, volume 13, number 7:",
          "text": "They go on an ID parade [a police lineup], and nobody identified them as being a shotta, so everything's clear. But we still baffi be careful.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Brian Meeks, Culture, politics, race and diaspora: the thought of Stuart Hall:",
          "text": "Shottas may act as independent gunmen or may be under the rule of particular dons.",
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