boy

  • 61boy — 1. noun /bɔɪ/ a) A young male human. The boys were playing kickball in the mud. b) A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker. Steve is a boy of 16. Syn …

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  • 62boy — See: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, fair haired boy, mama s boy, old boy, separate the men from the boys …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 63boy — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. often offensive a male servant 2. a. a male child from birth to adulthood b. son c. an immature male …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 64Boy — (Del ingl. boy, chico.) ► sustantivo masculino ESPECTÁCULOS Bailarín de conjunto en espectáculos musicales. IRREG. plural boys * * * boy (ant.) m. *Buey. * * * Boy (Chico): el primer disco de la banda irlandesa U2, publicado en Octubre de 1980.… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 65boy — [13] The etymology of boy has long been problematical, but the now most generally accepted view is that it is probably a reduced form of an unrecorded Anglo Norman *abuie or *embuie ‘fettered’, from the Old French verb embuier ‘fetter’. This came …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 66boy — [[t]bɔɪ[/t]] n. 1) a male child, from birth to full growth 2) a young man who lacks maturity, judgment, etc 3) inf Informal. a grown man, esp. when referred to familiarly 4) cvb a son 5) a male who is from or native to a given place: He s a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 67boy — [13] The etymology of boy has long been problematical, but the now most generally accepted view is that it is probably a reduced form of an unrecorded Anglo Norman *abuie or *embuie ‘fettered’, from the Old French verb embuier ‘fetter’. This came …

    Word origins

  • 68Boyəhməd — Infobox Settlement name =Boyəhməd settlement type=Municipality native name = pushpin pushpin mapsize =300 subdivision type = Country subdivision name = flag|Azerbaijan subdivision type1 = Autonomous republic subdivision name1 =Nakhchivan… …

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  • 69Boy — Diener, Hotelboy, Page; (veraltend): Hoteldiener; (veraltet): Groom. * * * Boy,der:1.⇨Diener(1)–2.⇨Bote(1) Boy 1.→Bursche 2.→Diener …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 70boy — n heroin. Although this coded use of the standard word became common in the 1990s, it originated in US street slang of the 1920s. Its ultimate derivation is obscure, but may possibly evoke the image of a boy as an ever present serv ant or a term… …

    Contemporary slang