BOY

noun boys · boyz · boi

1. countable, uncountable A male child. Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
2. broadly, countable, informal, uncountable A young man. Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
3. broadly, countable, diminutive, especially, uncountable A son of any age. Low as that tide has ebbed with me, / It still reflects to memory’s eye / The hour, my brave, my only boy, / Fell by the side of great Dundee.
4. broadly, countable, diminutive, endearing, uncountable A male human younger than the speaker.
5. broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age). boys' club
6. broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. Do’ſt thou call mee foole boy?
7. broadly, countable, uncountable A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly He allowed his ‘boy’ - an overfed young negro from the coast - to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence.
8. broadly, countable, uncountable A younger such worker. I resolved to continue in the Cave, with my two Servants, my Maid, and a Boy, whom I had brought from France.
9. broadly, countable, historical, offensive, uncountable A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. My Boy Stephen Grauener.
10. broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable A male camp follower. If any water be rough and boysterous, or the chanell verye broade, it manye times drowneth the carriages and the boyes and nowe and then slouthfull and lyther souldiours.
11. broadly, countable, offensive, uncountable Any non-white male, regardless of age. A Hottentot... expects to be called by his name if addressed by any one who knows it; and by those to whom it is not known he expects to be called Hottentot... or boy.
12. broadly, countable, especially, informal, uncountable A male friend. hanging with my boys
13. countable, uncountable A male submissive.
14. countable, uncountable A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
15. countable, historical, uncountable A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank. Wounded... 1 Boy, 1st class, severely.
16. US, slang, uncountable Heroin. […] drove by a corner, saw what I thought—no, what I knew—were dealers and asked if they knew where I could get some boy.
17. childish, countable, often, uncountable A male (tree, gene, etc). Are there “boy” trees and “girl” trees? Yes. A number of species, among them the yew, holly and date-bearing palm, have their male and female flowers on different trees. The male holly, for instance, must be planted fairly close to the female ...
18. colloquial, countable, endearing, uncountable Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy. This boy can really kick!

Similar: manservant, bhoy, boy, boykin, boyo, callant, chav, feely-omi, little boy, man child, manling, page

interjection

1. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing. Boy, that was close!

verb boys · boying · boyed

1. transitive 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.

adjective

1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of beginning of year.beginning of year Coordinate term: EOY (“end of year”)