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ghetto blaster
ghetto blastern. Offensive Slang A boom box.ghetto blaster n (Electronics) informal a large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers box1 (bɒks) n. 1. a container, case, or receptacle, usu. rectangular, and often with a lid or cover. 2. the quantity contained in a box. 3. Chiefly Brit. a gift in a box. 4. a compartment for the accommodation of a small number of people, as in a theater. 5. a small enclosure in a courtroom for witnesses or the jury. 6. a small shelter: a sentry's box. 7. Brit. a. a small house or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box. b. a telephone booth. 8. sc box stall. 9. the box, television. 10. a part of a printed page containing material enclosed in a border, as an obituary or classified advertisement. 11. any enclosing, protective case or housing. 12. any of various spaces on a baseball diamond marking the playing positions of the pitcher, catcher, batter, or coaches. 13. Informal. boom box. 14. Slang. a coffin. 15. Vulgar Slang. the vagina or vulva. 16. the driver's seat on a coach. 17. the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried. v.t. 18. to put into a box. 19. to enclose or confine as if in a box (often fol. by in or up). 20. to furnish with a box. 21. to form into a box or the shape of a box. 22. to block so as to keep from passing or achieving a better position (often fol. by in). 23. to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature. 24. to enclose or conceal (a structure) as with boarding. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English, probably < Late Latin buxis, a reshaping of Latin pyxis; see pyx] box′like`, adj. box2 (bɒks) n. 1. a blow with the hand or fist: a box on the ear. v.t. 2. to strike with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear. 3. to fight against (someone) in a boxing match. v.i. 4. to participate in a boxing match; spar. [1300–50; Middle English; of uncertain orig.] box3 (bɒks) n. 1. any of various evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Buxus, esp. B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark green leaves, used for ornamental borders and hedges and yielding a hard, durable wood. 2. any of various other shrubs or trees, esp. species of eucalyptus. [before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin buxus boxwood < Greek] box4 (bɒks) v.t. Idioms: box the compass, a. to recite the points of the compass in a clockwise order. b. to make a complete turn or reversal. [1745–55] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | ghetto blaster - a portable stereo boom boxstereo, stereo system, stereophonic system, stereophony - reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the soundcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | Translationsghetto blaster
ghetto blasterslang A boombox; a large portable radio. Back in the 80s, the embodiment of the New York hip hop scene was the image of someone walking down the street with a ghetto blaster on their shoulder.See also: blaster, ghetto(ghetto) blaster and (ghetto) box (ˈgɛdo blæstɚ and ˈgɛdo bɑks) n. a huge portable stereo, often carried on the shoulder. (Associated with blacks.) Hey, turn down that ghetto blaster in here! See also: blaster, ghettoEncyclopediaSeeboxFinancialSeeBoxghetto blaster
Synonyms for ghetto blasternoun a portable stereoSynonymsRelated Words- stereo
- stereo system
- stereophonic system
- stereophony
- colloquialism
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