broad
- noun
- /brɔd/
- Slur
- This broad is lethal.
- booze and broads
- an old broad
- a tough broad
I don't miss the broad, but the titties I miss, I miss.
- I don't miss the broad, but the titties I miss, I miss.
- A lot of Broads in that in them meal streets.
- Like, you'll see like a train of just, like spent Broads rolling through town, you know?
- And she says, I, you're just an old broad.
- Who the fuck is this broad to tell people who is an American and who isn't an American, right?
- The fancy cars, the money, good looking Broads, all the fucking doodads they see in movies, Goodfellas, Godfather.
- You're going to meet some, you know, some broad over about a pool and you're going to see, you know that wet suit pressed against them against them.
- I thought they thought I'm a broad more fucking case.
Examples
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I hear she's got some new broads in from San Francisco.
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Some of these broads are wearing my salary.
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I thought my broad was bad with all of her weird shoes.
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"You got the bucks, so now you can throw the broad out?"
Fiction book (1993) -
You never been with more than two broads before?
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That bad broad is never gonna mix up a top stud again.
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You gave money to your friends, your broads, your dealers, anybody, but not me.
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Budweiser, baseball, and broads, fellas - we're going round the clock!
Fiction book (1996) -
You're both super classy broads.
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I've met some interesting broads at the comedy club last night.
Idioms
- Informal
Describe people or things in very general ways that ignore important details
Wide from side to side, like a boat that is very stable or a person with wide hips
Compounds
- Jargon
A way of reading the Constitution where judges consider its purpose and current needs
- Archaic
A mark like an arrowhead that shows something belongs to the British government
- Specialized
A plant with wide leaves found in North American woods marked by light straw-colored stripes
- Specialized
A railway track with wider space between the rails than the standard track, allowing larger trains
- Australian
A tree from northern Australia with white flowers and wide leaves
A climbing garden plant with broad leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years
- Specialized
A small orchid with two wide leaves and a thin stem of small green flowers
How Disrespectful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Broad as slang for a woman came from old American usage and probably grew from the same root meaning 'wide'; one popular story says it referred to a woman's figure, but we are not sure. A helpful way to remember this use is to know it is now rude and disrespectful.