playboy
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playboy¹
- /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ UK
- /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From play + boy.
noun playboys
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A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society / I don't hang around playboy millionaires / I'm just an ordinary guy you left behind
Similar: hedonist
Playboy²
proper noun
- A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.
noun Playboys
- A Playboy magazine.
adjective more Playboy · most Playboy
- Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics. "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: man-about-town, corinthian, god, wuss, champ, kitten, kitty, player, bunnies, playboyism, party boy, manwhore, manslut, womanizer, lady's man, sex god
Translations
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noun man who devotes himself to pleasure
| Español | golfo, mujeriego |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바람둥이 baramdung'i, 난봉꾼 nanbongkkun |
| 日本語 | 遊び人 asobinin, やりちん yarichin |
| 中文 | 花花公子 huāhuāgōngzi |
| Português | playboy |
| Français | playboy, play-boy |
| Deutsch | Playboy, Lebemann, Salonlöwe |
| Italiano | playboy |
| Русский | ловела́с lovelás, пове́са povésa, плейбо́й plɛjbój, гуля́ка guljáka |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ/người phóng đãng |
| العربية | مُسْتَهْتَر mustahtar |
| עברית | נַעַר שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים na'ar sha'ashu'im |
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