Boynoun
A young male, particularly
‘Kate is dating a boy named Jim.’;
Poynoun
A support structure.
Boynoun
A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
Poynoun
A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers.
Boynoun
(diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
Poynoun
A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.
Boynoun
A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
Poynoun
A support; - used in composition; as, teapoy.
Boynoun
(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
Poynoun
A ropedancer's balancing pole.
Boynoun
A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
Poynoun
A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.
Boynoun
A younger such worker.
Boynoun
A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
Boynoun
(obsolete) A male camp follower.
Boynoun
Any non-white male, regardless of age.
Boynoun
A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
‘C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?’; ‘Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?’;
Boynoun
A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
Boynoun
Heroin.
Boyinterjection
Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
‘Boy, that was close!’; ‘Boy, that tastes good!’; ‘Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!’;
Boyverb
to use the word boy to refer to someone
‘Don't boy me!’;
Boyverb
(transitive) to act as a boy in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage
Boynoun
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.’;
Boynoun
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.
‘He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown.’;
Boyverb
To act as a boy; - in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
‘I shall seeSome squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.’;
Boynoun
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’;
Boynoun
a friendly informal reference to a grown man;
‘he likes to play golf with the boys’;
Boynoun
a male human offspring;
‘their son became a famous judge’; ‘his boy is taller than he is’;
Boynoun
(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man;
‘get out of my way, boy’;
Boy
A boy is a young male human. The term is usually used for a child or an adolescent.