GANGSTA

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gangsta mean? 

• GANGSTA (noun)
  The noun GANGSTA has 1 sense:

1. (Black English) a member of a youth gang

  Familiarity information: GANGSTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GANGSTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Black English) a member of a youth gang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gangsta" is a kind of...):

compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

Domain usage:

AAVE; African American English; African American Vernacular English; Black English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; Black Vernacular English; Ebonics (a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States)

Holonyms ("gangsta" is a member of...):

youth gang (a gang whose members are teenagers)