gangsta
IPA: gˈæŋstʌ
noun
- (slang) A member of an urban criminal or street gang.
adjective
- (slang) Exhibiting the traits or demeanor associated with the lifestyle of urban thugs or hustlers.
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Examples of "gangsta" in Sentences
- His nickname, "Inuksta," tattooed across his back is his own Inuit play on the word "gangsta."
- Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway.
- His nasal, half-comic vocal style, which became known as gangsta duck, was widely imitated during the early years of rap.
- 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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