Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel

thug

noun
Published on
a violent person, especially someone who pursues crime to overcome financial hardship
Categories Weapons
Collocates slug33, club6, pusher5, hustle5, roll with4, rep4, mean-mug3, gangsta3, stripes3, dump3, fo shizzle3, fuck with3, bitch3, max2, 9 milli2, QBC2, slang2, spit2, spot2, street2, thug2, trick2, wannabe2, yo2, hoe2, dap2, dunn2, on point2, straight2, 92, A.T.L.2, around the way2, baller2, bitch2, bub2, bust2, Chi-town2, chill2, chrome2, crack2, about2, D's2, fo shizzo2, game2, gang2, ghetto2, glock2, grimy2, heat2, hood2, hot one2, keep it real2, mack2, for real, G, gank, get busy, ghetto, ghost, go hard, grown, H-town, hard, hard white, heater, Henny, herb, hip-hop, hit a lick, hollow-tip, homeboy, hoochie mama, hood, hottie, hustler, ice grill, iced-out, impala, in the cut, Jesus piece, kick, kick it, l, lac, Lex, maintain, mean-mug, mental, nizzle, nuff, O.G., on one, on the grind, on the low, pack, papes, pen, phat, pimp, PJs, player-hate, playa-made, plug, po-po, pop, posse, post up, project, push, QB, rap, ride, ride, rider, rock, rolly, round, ruckus, run a train, sav, scrill, 7:30, shife, shit, sit on, skully, slang, slanger, snub, squad, squeeze, squeeze, stack, strap, swag, swang, swats, syrup, TEC, telly, thick, thick, thugged-out, thuggish, Timbs, tool, trife, trife, uptown, wannabe, what it do, wodie, wigga, word up, yac, -ass, backpacker, bug out, d-boy, double R, elbow, hip-hopper, holla at, hood, in the house, mash out, off the heezy, re-up, sleep on, cat, cool out, gangsta rapper, gritty, played-out, pull someone's card, show out, stupid, thug passion, tote, turn it out, 24-7, 30-30, 310, 38, four pound, 8, 84's, air out, and shit, angel dust, baby mama, bae, bang, blood, boss, buck, bumrush, bust, bust a move, cabbage, sess, chickenhead, chicken, clique up, coke, cold, corner, crack pipe, crew, dog, deep, dime, dirt, doja, dub, Dutch, ends, feel, figures, flavor, floss
Domains Violence
Related concepts regulator, rider, soldier
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

thug

intransitive verb
Published on
to be a thug
Categories Weapons
Collocates bitch3, mean-mug3, 41st side2, for real2, I'mma2, out chea2, skully2, thug2, 9, bug, bumrush, bust, dog, dub, phat, fire, go hard, hip-hopper, hood, hoodie, hyphy, ill, iron, keep it real, lamp, max, mob, money, on lock, on wax, punk, pusher, QB, show out, steady, sucker, thuggish, Timbs, toolie, True, word is born, ball, fed
Domains Violence
Etymology Derives from thug
Related concepts regulator, rider, soldier, thug life
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