Skip to main content

tambay

\'tam•bay\
also "istambay"
Filipino slang.
origin: English "standby"

: a jobless person who loiters around the street.

: a loiterer; a lollygagger

Tambays are not necessarily jobless. They could be a low-income person who's only hobby is to bum around the street corner.
Juan is just a tambay and he hasn't been looking for a job.
mugGet the tambay mug.

tambay

A Filipino term for someone who is jobless, uneducated and just likes to loiter around the street.
Man, he is such a tambay, he just likes to cause trouble all the time
by M123456789101112 September 12, 2017
mugGet the tambay mug.
Related Words

Tamayuz

Person 1: Did you hear what they did
Person 2: No...?
Person 1: They tamayuzed them for 10k and they never heard from them again!
by Valley Girl Sally January 24, 2021
mugGet the Tamayuz mug.

Tamay

Deep, beautiful, intuitive, insightful, intelligent and yet playful. The greatest best friend a person can have.
Everyday is brighter with tamay in it.
by charlie eddy February 2, 2010
mugGet the Tamay mug.

Tamaya

Tamaya is a powerful,optimistic young lady she stands her ground and she a great friend. She's silly but who cares you love her.
WOW! Tamaya is amazing
by Chana Crumbwell June 18, 2018
mugGet the Tamaya mug.

tombaye

Large freckley man super muscley single (i think) and thinks ollie Campbell is the nicest guy in the world he has butt larger than the moon and a large thing (😜) it’s as big as a whales he can poop boulders and is a legendary person and should be respected
(Random person) my strong man
(Stranger) he shore is
(Another person) his buttox is out of control
(Tombaye) now now lady’s calm down one at a time pleas
by Oll_polll January 10, 2018
mugGet the tombaye mug.

Tamba

Tamba loves adventure and independence and possess determination and originality. Tamba generally leads and direct others and likes to establishe their individual identity.

- "Rising Star; young ruler"
- From the Kono tribe of 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone in West Africa

- "Copper"
Once you meet Tamba, your life will never be the same.
by Dominican Creole April 13, 2017
mugGet the Tamba mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email