boy

[boy]

A boy is a male child. When a baby is born, the doctor or midwife often says, "It's a girl!" or "It's a boy!"

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A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

Noun
(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"

Noun
a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"

Noun
a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"

Noun
a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"


n.
A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

v. t.
To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.


Boy

Boy , n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.
My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
&hand; Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an assosiaton, fraternity, or party. Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang] -- Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.] -- Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum);) -- called also lad's love. -- Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling.

Boy

Boy, v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

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Usage Examples

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.

I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.

How do I love Tim McGraw? Let me count the ways: I love that he's a country boy with a city sensibility. I love that he refuses to be pegged, and his duet with Nelly proves it. And I really love that he had the brains to marry Faith Hill.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head.

A boy is naturally full of humor.

I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence.

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

'That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up.

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

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