gangster
/ˈɡæŋ.stəː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a criminal or street gang.
noun
A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
verb
To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.
Example Sentences
- "I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!""
- "Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music"
- "We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now."
- ""Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing."
- "everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English gangster From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
gangsters (plural)
gangsta (alternative, slang)
gangsters (present, singular)
gangstering (participle, present)
gangstered (participle, past)
gangstered (past)
more gangster (comparative)
most gangster (superlative)
Derived Forms
antigangster
bankster
cybergangster
gangsta
gangsterdom
gangsteress
gangsterette
gangsterful
gangsterhood
gangsterical
gangsterish
gangsterism