BOY

boy

(noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown man; “he likes to play golf with the boys”

son, boy

(noun) a male human offspring; “their son became a famous judge”; “his boy is taller than he is”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

boy (countable and uncountable, plural boys)

A young male. [from 15th c.]

(particularly) A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.

(diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.

(affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. [from 17th c.]

(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. [14th-17th c.]

(now, rare and usually, offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, [from 14th c.] particularly:

A younger such worker.

(historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, [from 17th c.] particularly as a form of address.

(obsolete) A male camp follower.

(now, offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age. [from 19th c.]

A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog. [from 15th c.]

(historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

(US, slang, uncountable) Heroin. [from 20th c.]

(somewhat, childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).

Synonyms

• (young male): See boy

• (diminutive term of address to males): chap, guy, lad, mate

• (son): See son

• (male servant): manservant

• (disreputable man): brat, knave, squirt

• (heroin): See heroin

Antonyms

• (young male): See girl

Interjection

boy

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Verb

boy (third-person singular simple present boys, present participle boying, simple past and past participle boyed)

To use the word “boy” to refer to someone.

(transitive) To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).

Anagrams

• BYO, Y. O. B., Y.O.B., YOB, YoB, byo, oby, yob

Source: Wiktionary

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Boy, n. Etym: [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.]

Definition: 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. Sir W. Scott.

Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an assosiaton, fraternity, or party. Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang] -- Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.] -- Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum);) -- called also lad's love.

– Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling.

Boy, v. t.

Definition: 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. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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