bro

noun

ˈbrō 

plural bros

1

informal : brother

… Tommy has a worldview that's larger than his baby bro's.

—Leah Rozen

2

US slang

a

: a male friend

hanging out with his bros

One quirky edge the Olympics haven't yet sanded away is the habit of extreme athletes to stick together. Like, no matter where we're from, we're all bros. That kind of thing.

—Devin Gordon et al.

b

—used as a friendly way of addressing a man or boy

Hey, bro, what's up?

Catch you later, bro.

c

: a young male who is part of a group of similar male friends stereotypically characterized as hearty, athletic, self-confident, party-loving, etc.

The recent season of "Project Greenlight," on HBO, made explicit how resistant to race talk Hollywood can be, a stifling culture of bros bonding with mirror versions of themselves.

—Emily Nussbaum

These were nerds who could pass for bros on a dorm-room sofa …

—Ben McGrath

—often used before another noun

It's the continuation of the bro culture. In my experience, in this world right now, white guys have an advantage. In their training, they've been given access and tools that I haven't. White men get behind each other and empower themselves.

—Tanya Holland

Examples of bro in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But, John insisted, that wasn’t to toy with his baby bro. —Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Nov. 2024

Grainy and less than 60 seconds long, the video is a remnant of that time, three years after the first iPhone, when people were still learning of its capabilities and house music was entering its Coachella bro phase. —Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024

This is about the politics on which the podcast bro brand is modeled. —Michelle Weber, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2024

In the course of our coverage of this unprecedented election season, Jay Caspian Kang wrote about angry young men; John Cassidy considered the crypto bros voting for Trump; and Brady Brickner-Wood broke down Trump’s appeal to terminally online men. —The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

by alteration

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bro

• bro-ey

Kids Definition

bro

noun

ˈbrō 

1

informal : brother sense 1

2

slang : brother sense 3