plural bros
1
informal
: brother
… Tommy has a worldview that's larger than his baby bro's.—
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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.
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
Emily NussbaumThese were nerds who could pass for bros on a dorm-room sofa …—Ben McGrath
—often used before another nounBen McGrathIt'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
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After more than a decade of bro-ing our resentments into demographics, the time has come to bury the construction, maybe forever.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
If an enduring trait of the bro-country continuum involves the self-sabotaging, toxic man who seeks pity for his inability to manage romantic relationships, then Megan Moroney is here to tell the other side of the story.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Bores, once an engineer at Palantir (the AI company involved in helping ICE), has earned the ire of his former bosses, and other tech bro heavyweights, by forcefully campaigning on regulation.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
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Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
If an enduring trait of the bro-country continuum involves the self-sabotaging, toxic man who seeks pity for his inability to manage romantic relationships, then Megan Moroney is here to tell the other side of the story.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Bores, once an engineer at Palantir (the AI company involved in helping ICE), has earned the ire of his former bosses, and other tech bro heavyweights, by forcefully campaigning on regulation.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Bro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bro. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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bro
noun1
informal
: brother sense 1
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slang
: brother sense 3
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