Definitions for Boy
boy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. male child, 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"

2. boynoun

   a friendly informal reference to a grown man

   "he likes to play golf with the boys"

3. son, boynoun

   a male human offspring

   "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. boynoun

   A young male human.

2. boynoun

   A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.

   Whatever else you say about him, the boy can play.

3. boynoun

   A male servant.

   When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisators' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.

4. boynoun

   A non-white slave or labourer; a male African-American of any age.

5. boynoun

   A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.

6. boynoun

   An adult male, particularly when used by straight women or gay men to refer to someone considered attractive.

7. boynoun

   Male (usually adult) friend; mainly used in the plural: boys.

8. boynoun

   A proud parent's son, regardless of age.

   That's my boy.

9. boynoun

   A caring owner's pet or working animal, regardless of age.

   Here, boys, heel; yes, Bobby, show the puppies how, good boy!

10. boyverb

    To use the word boy to refer to someone.

    "Don't boy me!"

11. boyinterjection

    Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOYnoun

   Etymology: bub, Germ. the etymology is not agreed on.

   1. A male child; not a girl.2. One in the state of adolescence; older than an infant, yet not arrived at puberty or manhood.

   Speak thou, boy;
   Perhaps thy childishness will move him more
   Than can our reasons. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind,
   Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind:
   The nurse’s legends are for truths receiv’d,
   And the man dreams but what the boy believ’d. Dryden.

   3. A word of contempt for young men, as noting their immaturity.

   Men of worth and parts will not easily admit the familiarity of boys, who yet need the care of a tutor. John Locke.

   The pale boy senator yet tingling stands,
   And holds his breeches close with both his hands. Alexander Pope.

2. To Boyverb

   To act apishly, or like a boy.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Anthony
   Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see
   Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness,
   I’ th’ posture of a whore. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boy

   A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is described as a man.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boy

   A boy is a young male child or teenager who has not yet reached adulthood. Boys typically exhibit characteristics and behaviors associated with masculinity, although these may vary depending on cultural norms and individual experiences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boynoun

   a male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son

2. Boyverb

   to act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Boy

   Boy is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, released on October 20, 1980. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album received generally positive reviews. Common themes among the album's songs are the thoughts and frustrations of adolescence. The album included the band's first UK hit single, "I Will Follow". Boy's release was followed by U2's first tour of continental Europe and the US.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boy

   boy, n. a male child: a lad: a young man generally, used for 'man' in Ireland and elsewhere: (Shak.) a camp-follower: (obs.) knave: a native servant in South India, China, a male negro slave or native labourer in the South Seas.—v.t. to play the boy.—n. Boy′hood.—adj. Boy′ish.—adv. Boy′ishly.—n. Boy′ishness.—Boy's love, a popular name for southernwood; Boy's play, trifling. [M. E. boi, boy; Fris. boi; Dut. boef, Ger. bube.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boynoun

   Friend, possibly short for homeboy. That's my boy.

2. boynoun

   Racist term used by white masters to address a slave. Boy is a racist white word -- Dr. Dre (movie: Who's The Man)

3. boynoun

   Heroin (Dope)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boy

   A male human being.

   Boys and girls are beautiful children.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

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1. boy

   Song lyrics by boy -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by boy on the Lyrics.com website.

2. BOY

   What does BOY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BOY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boy is ranked #25902 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Boy surname appeared 949 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Boy.
   
   68.8% or 653 total occurrences were White.
   12% or 114 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   6.6% or 63 total occurrences were Asian.
   6% or 57 total occurrences were Black.
   5.2% or 50 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.2% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Male
   • Male Offspring
   • Man

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Boy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #800

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Boy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #542

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Boy' in Nouns Frequency: #164

Anagrams for Boy »

1. yob

2. byo

3. BYO

How to pronounce Boy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Boy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Boy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Boy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Boy in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   My focus will be on not turning back and getting into a food fight with people that might not agree with me completely, put on your big boy pants and take it, you know, when someone doesn't agree with you.

2. Kamron Mori:

   The sweetest little boy, he loved everybody, the biggest smile ever. He loved to play superheroes with us and all that.

3. Brendan Zietsch:

   Because siblings share 50 % of their genetics, if there was a genetic underpinning of offspring sex determination we would see an association between siblings with regard to offspring sex, however, siblings did not tend to have offspring of the same sex -- the probability of having, say, a girl, did not depend on whether one's siblings had a girl or a boy.

4. Afraa Hajj Hammoud:

   My husband says 'How about if we name the boy Justin-Trudeau, like him,'.

5. Mary McLeod Bethune:

   The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Boy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Boy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Boy
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Boy
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Boy
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html