'Boy' definitions:
Definition of 'boy'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: male child, boy] [ant: female child, girl, little girl]
noun
A friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"
noun
A male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son, boy] [ant: daughter, girl]
noun
(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"
Definition of 'Boy'
From: GCIDE
- Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.]
- 1. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. [1913 Webster]
- My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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 associaton, fraternity, or party. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race; -- considered derogatory by those so called, and now seldom used. [derog.]
- He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances Macnab. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boy'
From: GCIDE
- Boy \Boy\, v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. [1913 Webster]
- I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Boyar
Words containing 'Boy'
- Boy River,
- Boy bishop,
- Boy scout,
- Boy's love,
- Boy's play,
- Boys Town,
- Cabin boy,
- Call boy,
- Cash boy,
- Hawk boy,
- Hopper boy,
- Loblolly boy,
- Roaring boy,
- Sea boy,
- Ship boy,
- The Old Boy,
- Yellow boy,
- Yellow boys,
- altar boy,
- backroom boy,
- bad boy,
- ball boy,
- bat boy,
- boy scouts,
- boy wonder,
- broth of a boy,
- city boy,
- college boy,
- delivery boy,
- elevator boy,
- errand boy,
- farm boy,
- golden boy,
- grocery boy,
- mama's boy,
- mamma's boy,
- messenger boy,
- mother's boy,
- office boy,
- old boy,
- one of the boys,
- page boy,
- paper boy,
- poor boy,
- poster boy,
- sailor boy,
- shop boy,
- sonny boy,
- teddy boy,
- teddy boys,
- water boy,
- whipping boy,
- wolf boy,
- wonder boy,
- Boy River, MN,
- Boyes Hot Springs,
- Boys Town, NE,
- To boy a pig a poke,
- barrow-boy,
- boy orator of the platte,
- boy scouts of america,
- boys-and-girls,
- georgia home boy,
- good ol' boy,
- good old boy,
- good ole boy,
- old boy network,
- Boyes Hot Springs, CA,
- Peep-o'-day boys