(US, slang) A young person who frequently loiters in a shopping mall, especially to socialize with friends.
(US, slang) A young person who frequently loiters in a shopping mall, especially to socialize with friends.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
(US) A person who walks in a mall as a form of exercise.
(slang, African-American Vernacular English, pejorative) A person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.
(chiefly, US, crime) Someone who commits a mall shooting.
An enclosed shopping centre.