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boy

/ˈboɪ/

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noun

plural boys

[count] a male child

It's a boy! She gave birth to a baby boy this morning.

a nine-year-old boy named David

Okay, boys and girls, it's time to play a game.

Ever since I was a (little/young) boy, I've wanted to fly airplanes.

son

Is this your little boy?

He's our oldest/youngest boy.

That's my boy! Good job, Son.

[count] a young man

a group of teenage boys

My parents want me to meet a nice boy and get married.

Don't be so hard on him. He's just a boy.

He's a boy genius.

a boy wonder [=a young man who has achieved many great things]

a usually young man from a specified kind of place

city/country boys = boys from the city/country

a local/hometown boy

a poor boy from the north

a farm boy [=a young man who lives and works on a farm]

a the boys informal :the male friends or work partners of a man viewed as a group

Wait till the boys back home hear about this!

Our boss thinks of himself as just one of the boys.

He went out drinking with the boys.

[singular] chiefly Brit old-fashioned :a man of any age

The phrases my dear boy and old boy are used as friendly ways for one man to address another man.

Why, my dear boy, of course I want to see you.

Cheer up, old boy. - see also old boy

[count] :a man or boy who does a particular job

a messenger boy

Boy is often offensive in this sense when the person being described is an adult. - see also altar boy, ball boy, batboy, bellboy, busboy, delivery boy, paperboy - see also bad boy, big boys, good old boy, poster boy, pretty boy

boys will be boys

The expression boys will be boys is used to say that it is not surprising or unusual when men or boys behave in energetic, rough, or improper ways.

You shouldn't be too hard on them for staying out so late. Boys will be boys.

separate the men from the boys

xem separate

interjection

used as a way to express surprise or enthusiasm

Boy, I sure am hungry!

Boy, have I got a story for you!

There's a surprise? Oh, boy! What is it?

Boy, oh, boy. This is great!!

Boy, that test was really hard.

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Boy Scout, boycott, boyfriend, boysenberry