signifying
1signifying — ☆ signifying [sig′nə fī΄iŋ ] n. Slang verbal play, esp. as engaged in by urban African Americans, involving boastful taunts, witty insults, indirect threats, etc …
2Signifying — Signifyin (slang) is an African American rhetorical device featuring indirect communication or persuasion and the creating of new meanings for old words and signs. Signifying, in this sense, includes repetition and difference, implication and… …
3Signifying — Signify Sig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signifying}.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Sign}, n., and { fy}.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional… …
4Signifying Rapper — Infobox Song Name = Signifying Rapper Cover Caption = Type = Song Artist = Schoolly D Album = Smoke Some Kill Published = Released = 1988 track no = Recorded = 1988 Genre = Hip hop, Gangsta rap Length = Writer = Composer = Label = Jive Records… …
5signifying — noun Date: 1959 a good natured needling or goading especially among urban blacks by means of indirect gibes and clever often preposterous put downs; also dozens …
6signifying — /sig neuh fuy ing/, n. sounding1 (def. 4) [1955 60; SIGNIFY + ING1] * * * …
7signifying — adj. representative, indicative; expressive; meaningful sig·ni·fy || sɪgnɪfaɪ v. represent, indicate; communicate, express, convey; have importance, have significance …
8signifying — sig·ni·fy·ing …
9signifying — sig•ni•fy•ing [[t]ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪ ɪŋ[/t]] n. a game or playful confrontation, as playing the dozens, in which witty insults are exchanged • Etymology: 1955–60 …
10signifying — ˈsignə̇ˌfīiŋ noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of signify : a good natured needling or goading especially among urban blacks by means of indirect gibes and clever often preposterous put downs ; also : dozens herein …
