gangsterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From gang +‎ -ster. First attested in 1884.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ/

名詞

gangster (plural gangsters)

1. A member of a criminal or street gang.

   Hyponyms: gang member, gangleader

2. A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.

派生語

派生した語

動詞

gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)

1. To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

形容詞

gangster (comparative more gangster, superlative most gangster)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.
   • 2011, Isaiah Washington, Lavaille Lavette, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, New York, N.Y. […]: Center Street, →ISBN, page 121:

     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!"

   • 2024 February 12, @Teller_Banks357, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 15 June 2024:

     Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music

2. (African-American Vernacular, slang, Internet slang) On friendly terms; cool.

   We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.

   • 2016, Janae M. Robinson, Crumbling Down, →ISBN, page 75:

     "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.

   • 2022 May 10, @mr_gh0stly, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 15 June 2024:

     everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene

参照

Further reading

• “gangsta”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.