boynoun [ C ]
uk/bɔɪ/us/bɔɪ/A1 a male child or, more generally, a male of any age:
a teenage/adolescent boy
As a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school.
You've been a very naughty boy!
Their little boy (= their young son) is very sick.
All right, boys and girls, settle down!
the boys B2 [ plural ]
a group of male friends:
He used to like spending Friday nights with the boys.
also our boys an approving way of speaking about your country's soldiers:
We must not forget our boys serving far from home.
one of the boys
a typical male:
He plays baseball, drinks a lot of beer and generally acts like one of the boys.
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- He's an affectionate little boy.
- He was always a good boy, very friendly and eager to please.
- We've got two grandchildren - a three-year-old girl and a bouncing baby boy.
- She's at that age where she's starting to get interested in boys.
- According to witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- crawler
- designer baby
- only child
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- toilet-trained
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
Kinds of men
Idiom(s)
boys will be boys
my (dear) boy
the boys in blue
boyexclamation
uk/bɔɪ/us/bɔɪ/also oh boy mainly US informalused to express excitement, worry, disappointment, etc. or to emphasize something:
Boy, that was good!
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- alas
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- same to you idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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