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单词 homeboy
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Definition of homeboy in English:

homeboy

noun ˈhəʊmbɔɪˈhoʊmˌbɔɪ
South African, US informal
  • 1An acquaintance from one's own town or neighbourhood, or from the same social background.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Finally, our homeboys abandoned their perforated Plymouth and fled into a semi-quiet residential neighborhood, where they tried to hide out in a shed.
    • I remember a conversation with a homeboy who lost a brother in the wars.
    • Whatever happens on the final day of the 2005 Open it will almost undoubtedly be remembered a vintage tournament for the homeboys; certainly one that was far better for Scottish golf than anyone could dared to have hoped.
    • Imagine the greatest high school basketball player of all time, practically a homeboy, playing in front of customers he created in two years of quasi-professional basketball at the high school level.
    • He has to understand that it's OK that he has changed and his homeboys haven't.
    • They even considered trading Ron Jordan, but Pup, Ron's homeboy from Harlem, wouldn't hear of it.
    • I was 15, going over to a homeboy's house, and these dudes were running toward us with bats and chains.
    • When you go back, your homeboys will still be there.
    • Well, he's a homeboy, a neighbor, from San Rafael.
    • Inside the jail I was in a cell with a lot of Mexican homeboys.
    • Every summer Hardnett runs a small training camp for an elite group of professional players, usually loaded with Philly homeboys.
    • I have one question for all of you Philly homeboys and girls.
    • Yet my Angeleno homeboys won't be rolling out the welcome wagon.
    • The Astros, who made a counteroffer of $13.5 million, stand to benefit greatly on the field and at the box office from having Houston's favorite homeboy in uniform.
    • I was born in Bakersfield, so I've skated the same streets you have, and I thought you might like to hear from a homeboy who has dealt with a lot of what you have to go through.
    Synonyms
    companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate
    1. 1.1 (especially among urban black people) a member of one's peer group or gang.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There were probably only about fifteen boys there, but they were all my homeboys, my friends.
      • I hated that it was the last day of school and I had to be stuck in there with all of them when I could have been somewhere, hanging out with my main homeboy.
      • A mate is no ordinary friend: he or she is a bro, a dude, a homeboy, a pard, a pally - someone who's got your back, who's connected to you by a kind of tribal bond.
      • I first started talking with my homeboys about a ceasefire in the gang wars in 1989.
      • He partied with his homeboys and some of the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders at the beach.
      • So what do your homeboy's think about you skating?
      • I peaked around the corner and watched Rems as he sat on the porch with his homeboys, laughing and slanging away, totally unaware of what's coming his way.
      • I guess to their fellow homeboys this is hilarious and considered de rigueur, but to the rest of the world they seem clownish.
      • I could see my homeboy was scared, but that little Maya tried to kick at the old man.
      • My homeboys are so not into politics, but they need to pay attention to this one.
      • Rylan Jones and his athletic homeboys were making their way up the concrete steps.
      • My homeboy got jumped and I knew when he got out of the hole we were going to take care of it.
      • He had been rumoured to have said that he missed his homeboys and the old times.
      • My homeboy, whom I'll call Kenny, is a handsome, successful banker, and much in demand with women, but somewhere inside he sees himself as the ugly duckling he believed himself to be in childhood.
      • She and James split off into their separate groups, he went to his homeboys, and Daney went to her girls, her inner circle, or head council.
      • I guess I'll just have to talk to my homeboy over there and get us some tickets.
 
 

Definition of homeboy in US English:

homeboy

nounˈhōmˌboiˈhoʊmˌbɔɪ
US, South African informal
  • 1A young acquaintance from one's own town or neighborhood, or from the same social background.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Imagine the greatest high school basketball player of all time, practically a homeboy, playing in front of customers he created in two years of quasi-professional basketball at the high school level.
    • I remember a conversation with a homeboy who lost a brother in the wars.
    • They even considered trading Ron Jordan, but Pup, Ron's homeboy from Harlem, wouldn't hear of it.
    • Finally, our homeboys abandoned their perforated Plymouth and fled into a semi-quiet residential neighborhood, where they tried to hide out in a shed.
    • Whatever happens on the final day of the 2005 Open it will almost undoubtedly be remembered a vintage tournament for the homeboys; certainly one that was far better for Scottish golf than anyone could dared to have hoped.
    • Yet my Angeleno homeboys won't be rolling out the welcome wagon.
    • I have one question for all of you Philly homeboys and girls.
    • I was born in Bakersfield, so I've skated the same streets you have, and I thought you might like to hear from a homeboy who has dealt with a lot of what you have to go through.
    • He has to understand that it's OK that he has changed and his homeboys haven't.
    • When you go back, your homeboys will still be there.
    • Well, he's a homeboy, a neighbor, from San Rafael.
    • I was 15, going over to a homeboy's house, and these dudes were running toward us with bats and chains.
    • Inside the jail I was in a cell with a lot of Mexican homeboys.
    • Every summer Hardnett runs a small training camp for an elite group of professional players, usually loaded with Philly homeboys.
    • The Astros, who made a counteroffer of $13.5 million, stand to benefit greatly on the field and at the box office from having Houston's favorite homeboy in uniform.
    Synonyms
    companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate
    1. 1.1 (especially among urban black people) a member of a peer group or gang.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So what do your homeboy's think about you skating?
      • I first started talking with my homeboys about a ceasefire in the gang wars in 1989.
      • I guess I'll just have to talk to my homeboy over there and get us some tickets.
      • Rylan Jones and his athletic homeboys were making their way up the concrete steps.
      • I hated that it was the last day of school and I had to be stuck in there with all of them when I could have been somewhere, hanging out with my main homeboy.
      • I peaked around the corner and watched Rems as he sat on the porch with his homeboys, laughing and slanging away, totally unaware of what's coming his way.
      • There were probably only about fifteen boys there, but they were all my homeboys, my friends.
      • She and James split off into their separate groups, he went to his homeboys, and Daney went to her girls, her inner circle, or head council.
      • A mate is no ordinary friend: he or she is a bro, a dude, a homeboy, a pard, a pally - someone who's got your back, who's connected to you by a kind of tribal bond.
      • He partied with his homeboys and some of the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders at the beach.
      • My homeboy, whom I'll call Kenny, is a handsome, successful banker, and much in demand with women, but somewhere inside he sees himself as the ugly duckling he believed himself to be in childhood.
      • My homeboy got jumped and I knew when he got out of the hole we were going to take care of it.
      • I guess to their fellow homeboys this is hilarious and considered de rigueur, but to the rest of the world they seem clownish.
      • He had been rumoured to have said that he missed his homeboys and the old times.
      • My homeboys are so not into politics, but they need to pay attention to this one.
      • I could see my homeboy was scared, but that little Maya tried to kick at the old man.
 
 
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