A prison term for a young inmate who performs sexual favors for a dominate top in exchange for protection. I gotta get me a new Maytag...'cause my boy just got sprung.
The definition of dread is extreme fear, or a single dreadlock. An example of dread is someone being panicked with worry about the well-being of a loved one.
Synonym Study. Fear, alarm, dread all imply a painful emotion experienced when one is confronted by threatening danger or evil. Alarm implies an agitation of the feelings caused by awakening to imminent danger; it names a feeling of fright or panic: He started up in alarm.