K | The Street Talk Dictionary

keep a foot on neck

1. to keep another oppressed or at a disadvantage.

"As long as I'm in charge I'mma keep my foot on y'alls neck."

keep commissary on swole

1. new school to send money to someone in jail on a regular basis so that person can purchase the things he/she needs in the prison commissary store. (var. [to] keep [someone's] commissary phat)

"My man Heav kept my commissary on swole since he hit the bricks."

keep funky/gully/gangsta

1. new school the act of being bold, daring, and truthful without regards to the consequences; to speak one's mind [also used as a prelude to a bold, daring, or truthful statement one is about to make]. (var. [someone who] keeps [things] funky/gully/gangsta)

"That's how you keep it funky." "Nah, let's keep sh** gangsta, I never wanted you to come with us."

keep game tight

1. the act of maintaining the highest level of performance at all times; to continuously practice to reach a level of excellence. (var. [to] keep [one's] sh** tight)

"I always keep my game tight." "This is how you keep ya game tight."

keep gritty

1. to keep an edginess or boldness to an action or behavior. (var. [to] keep [something] grimy/gutter/street)

"Paper or no paper kid, I gotta keep it gritty."

keep honest

1. to call one's bluff for the purpose of making that person prove that he/she is telling the truth or not trying to deceive you.

"Just to keep you honest, go in there and bring it out so I can see it for myself."

keep in the blind/dark

1. old & new school to keep information, truth, or secrets from someone; to keep someone unknowing. (var. [to be] in the blind/dark)

"It was your job to keep'em in the blind."

keep it gangsta

1. a term used to encourage someone to be truthful regardless of the cost as a way to show his/her toughness.

"Keep it gangsta son, tell her you goin' with us."

keep it movin'

1. the act of not stopping to socialize with others.

2. a way to tell someone to keep going and/or don't stop. (var. [to] keep it movin' on [someone])

"When I see them catz, I just keep it movin'." "Come on dawg, keep it movin'."

keep it real

1. the act of not pretending to be someone or something that one is not.

2. to be truthful dispite the cost [sometimes used as a prelude to the truth one is about to tell].

3. the act of not compris ing one's character or position for material gain. (var. [to] keep it real with [someone], [one who] keeps it real)

"You always keep it real with people." "To keep it real with you, I don't like that jacket."

keep my name out your mouth

1. a way to demand someone to stop talking negatively about you and/or stop spreading lies about you.

"All I'm tellin' you is to keep my name out your mouth." "You need to keep my name out your mouth."

keep on the hush/hush hush/down low/low/d.l./l

1. to keep one's actions a secret; the act of being discreet. (var. [to] keep [something] up under the table/up under the hat)

"We really need to keep this on the hush." "I thought you knew to keep this up under the table."

keep sh** tight

1. to keep one's appearance well groomed and fashionablely dressed.

"One thing about Golden Girl she keeps her sh** tight."

keep stirred up

1. to constantly be the cause of confusion and/or controversy that involve and surround others. (var. [someone who] keeps some sh** stirred up, keeps some sh** up in the air/going/floatin' around)

"Project females keep some sh** stirred up." "Why you always keep sh** stirred up?"

keep up with the Joneses

1. the attempt to keep up with, imitate, and/or follow the latest styles and trends of people who have large sums of money and/or who are hip.

"An average person can go broke tryin' to keep up with the Joneses."

keep ya head up

1. a term of encouragement, consolement, or emphaty.

"You just hafta keep ya head up that's all."

key

1. a kilogram amount of cocaine.

"Duke got caught with three keys."

khaki cop

1. an inmate who is extremely friendly with the correctional staff [often giving them information about what is going on in the prison].

kick

1. a way to tell someone "no" when he/she asks for a cigarette [used to tease or mock someone's dependency on cigarettes].

kick

1. to give or loan someone money. (var. [to] kick [someone] down [some money], [to] kick [someone] a bone)

"I was hopin' you could kick me somethin' „til Friday."

kick a bone out ya ass

1. a witty way to threaten someone with kicking him/her as hard as you can or beating him/her up [usually used in response to another's witty threat or challenge]. (var. [I'll] kick a bone out ya back)

"Don't make me kick a bone out ya ass."

kick around

1. to discuss or entertain an idea or thought. (var. [to] toss [something] around)

"We kicked it around for awhile, but we gonna hafta pass."

kick dirt on

1. to attach something bad, negative, and/or disrespectful to someone's name, actions, or character in an attempt to destroy that person's reputation or relationships with others. (var. [to] kick dirt on [someone's] name, [to] kick dirt about [someone]) See also: throw salt

"Why you tryin' to kick dirt on my man?"

kick it

1. to talk to or with someone; the act of conversing. (var. [to] kick it with/about [someone]) See also: holler at

"I need to kick it with you for a minute." "I haven't kicked it with you for a long time."

kick it here and there with

1. to talk to or with someone sporadically. (var. [to] kick it with [someone] here and there/once in a blue/once in a blue moon/every now and then/off and on)

"We kick it here and there since she went to college."

kick it with

1. to be intimately involved with someone. (var. [two people who] kick it, kick it together, kick it like that)

"How long y'all been kickin' it with each other?" "I didn't know you and her were kickin' it."

kick more flavor than a Life Saver

1. a boisterous way for one to claim to be "hip" and "cool". (var. [to] have more flavor than a Life Saver) See also: flavor

kick off

1. to start or begin something.

"What time y'all want to kick this sh** off?" "It didn't kick off until late."

kick off in ass

1. to beat someone up [usually used as a threat or a response to a threat].

"I came this close to kickin' off in his ass last night."

kick out

1. to pay the monetary cost of something. (var. [to] kick out for [something])

"How much do we have to kick out for this?"

kick rocks

1. a witty way to command, suggest, or advis e someone to leave [sometimes used to dismiss someone]. See also: bounce, step off

"I think its time for y'all to kick rocks."

kick that sh**

1. a way to encourage someone when he/she is singing, rapping, or saying something of importance.

"Go ahead and kick that sh**." "You need to kick that kind of sh** more often."

kick the ballistics

1. to talk to or with someone; to converse or discuss. (var. [to] kick the boe-boe/the willy boe-boe/the willy [with someone])

"I was kickin' the ballistics with my man upnorth."

kick the bucket

1. a way to refer to death; the act of dying. (var. [when someone] kicks the bucket)

"When did he kick the bucket?"

kick to the curb

1. to abruptly end a intimate relationship with someone; to break off ties to someone. See also: cut off

"You should have been kicked that clown to the curb."

kickin'

1. one who has a bad odor due to poor hygiene [usually refers to the body or breath]. (var. [someone who's] kickin' like a Karate movie/like Bruce Lee/Hatian soccer player)

"Ya man breath be kickin'."

kickin'

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind.

2. enjoyable; entertaining.

"Matrix reloaded was kickin'."

kicks

1. sneakers; shoes: (var. foot gear/wear)

"I need to get me some new kicks."

kicks

1. thrills; excitement; pleasure. (var. [to] get [one's] thing off)

"Is this how you get your kicks?"

kid

1. a term of endearment among friends; friend.

2. a way to address or refer to someone whose name you don't know or don't want to use in front of others.

"Where you know kid from?" "Ayo kid, I like the way you handled that."

kids

1. a way to refer to males in the plural sense. See also: catz

"Who know them kids?" "I met these kids who said they knew you."

kill

1. to do an outstanding job [usually used in the context of evaluating one's performance].

"Shortie went in there and killed it." "I'm about to kill it."

kill

1. to put an end to or stop.

2. to finish off a food or drink.

"I thought y'all killed that beef." "You know, ya'll need to kill that." "Can I kill that for you?"

kill

1. to become an overwhelming burden or responsibility to someone [usually the burden is financial].

"The two weeks they was here, they killed me."

kill high

1. to annoy, aggravate, or frustrate someone so bad/enough that he/she comes out from under the influence of an illegal drug or intoxication. (var. [to] blow/f**k up [someone's] high)

"Not now maaaan, you killin' my high."

kill in

1. to out perform someone. (var. [to] kill [someone] at [something])

"I killed cousin in this two days ago."

kill with kindness

1. the act of treating someone kindly when that person doesn't deserve it or when that person has wronged you [usually used to hide one's own bitterness over being wronged].

"The best way to get back at them is to kill them with kindness."

killer Cali

1. California.

killer weed

1. a term used to describe extremely good marijuana. (var. [that] killer/killer weed)

"They brought some killer weed." "We lookin' for that killer weed."

kiss so much ass, his/her breath smells like sh**

1. a sarcastic way to criticize and/or insult someone's consistent effort to gain favorable recognition by a boss or superior. (var. [he/she] kiss so much ass his/her tongue got sh** stains on it)

kite

1. a letter or note sent from prison or passed between prisoners.

"Did you get that kite I sent you?"

kitty

1. a covert way to refer to a female's vagina. (var. [a female's] kitty cat)

"You ain't never gonna get to see that kitty."

knife game

1. one's keen ability and willingness to use a knife [usually during a violent confrontation].

"They heard about his knife game in the State Pen."

knock

1. to criticize or talk badly about ones's actions or efforts [usually when that person doesn't deserve it].

"You always lookin' for a reason to knock me." "Don't knock me dawg."

knock boots

1. the act of having sex. (var. [to] knock boots, [to] knock boots with [someone], [to] knock [a female's] boots off) See also: do the nasty

"I'm not in a rush to knock Shortie boots."

knock down

1. the act of having sex. (var. [to] knock [a female] off)

"It took me almost two years to knock Shortie down."

knock hustle

1. to criticize how one makes or earns his/her money [usually refers to the earning of illegal money].

"Don't knock the hustle." "Why you tryin' to knock my hustle and sh**?"

knock in the head

1. to inform and/or testify against a friend or love one in court and be the reason that person received time in prison. See also: bust on

"Come to find out, my own man was gonna knock me in the head."

knock it off

1. a playful or sarcastic way to tell someone to stop lying, stop pretending, or stop acting a certain way. See also: stop frontin'

"Knock it off nobody tryin' to hear that sh **."

knock off

1. the act of selling something.

"I can't go nowhere until I knock this off."

knock off

1. a piece of merchandise that is a imitation [usually costing way below what the real product costs]. (var. [merchandise that is] Canal street sh**)

"I see you went and copped a pair of those knock off Gucci bags."

knock off his/her square

1. to make someone mad or upset causing him/her to lose his/her temper and/or composure. (var. [to] have [someone] off his/her square)

"You can't let this knucklehead knock you off your square."

knock out

1. to finish up or complete.

2. to finish off a food or drink item.

"I went in there and knocked it out in two hours." "You can knock this out if you want to."

knock out the box

1. old & new school to the act of replacing something or someone because of the better quality, performance, or appearance.

knock the doors down

1. a male term for performing exceptionally during sex [usually used as a boast or claim]. (var. [to] knock the walls down/the roof off/the dust off)

"I'm about to take Shortie in here and knock the doors down."

knocked

1. arrested; caught doing something wrong. (var. knocked off) See also: bagged

"I got knocked in N.C." "She the one that got us knocked off."

knocked in the head

1. to receive a long prison sentence.

"When my man got sentenced, the judge knocked'em in the head."

knocked out

1. a way to describe someone being in a deep sleep.

"He was knocked out the whole trip."

knocked up

1. pregnant. (var. [to] knock [someone] up)

"You let that sorry scrub knock you up?"

knockin'

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind.

"Banks new joint is knockin'."

knockout game

1. one's unique ability to knockout people during a fight.

"His knockout game is some sh** since he started smokin' crack."

knot up

1. to hit someone causing a noticeable bruise on the head/face.(var. [to get] knotted up) See also: lump

"You about to get knotted up in a minute, keep runnin' ya mouth."

know style

1. a way to claim to know one's character or what he/she is about [often opposite or what he/she feels about themselves].

"Stop lyin' chump I know ya style."

know that's right

1. an enthusiastic way to express being in agreement or being able to relate to a comment made by someone. (var. I know that's right)

"You know that's right, I'm not going either."

know the half

1. to have a full and complete understanding of a situation or event. (var. [to] know the whole nine)

"You talkin' and you don't even know the half."

knowledge

1. oral sex [usually received by a male].

"All I can say is the knowledge is off the hook."

knowledge of self

1. to know, respect, and understand one's own self.

"You need knowledge of self before you can advise me of anything."

knowledge self

1. a serious way to tell someone to stop and think about what he/she is doing [used to make someone aware of his/her actions].

"Knowledge self dawg, you know better than that."

knucka

1. a term of endearment amo ng friends; friend. (var. [to be someone's] knucka)

"That was my knucka back in the days."

knuckle-game

1. one's hand fighting skills.

"Ya pops had a mean knuckle-game back in the days." "He ready to test your knuckle- game."

knuckle-head

1. one who acts irresponsible and/or immature while trying to act like he/she is an adult.

2. rowdy and disruptive young people [usually refers to males].

"Why you hangin' with that knuckle-head?"

knuckle up

1. a way to tell someone to prepare to fight or defend himself.

"Knuckle up punk, we about to do this."

kosher

1. "agreeable","acceptable", "fine", or "okay".

"Does that sound kosher to you?" "You know that's not kosher right?" L