Definition of bouy
1. boy [ n ] a youthful male person
Examples:
"the baby was a boy"
"she made the boy brush his teeth every night"
"most soldiers are only boys in uniform"
(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)
As a boy Roy_Mason began the long process of extracting the goodness of the out-of-doors , its tang of weather , its change of seasons , its variable moods .
(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)
The two older boys , Hans and Anders , his junior by a year , therefore went daily to the home of a warm and friendly wigmaker nearby for instruction in German ; his wife taught the two boys to read and write Danish .
The two older boys , Hans and Anders , his junior by a year , therefore went daily to the home of a warm and friendly wigmaker nearby for instruction in German ; his wife taught the two boys to read and write Danish .
Oldenburg 's contributions were soon exhausted and the boys had to turn_to a wider circle of the town 's learned , such_as the pastor , to supplement the simple teaching .
(Sports Age, 24:9...)
In 1959 SAAMI 's shooting development program announced a new activity designed to expose thousands of teen-age boys and girls to the healthy fun enjoyed through the participation in the shooting sports .
Synonyms boy child male_child Related Terms female_child female_child male cub schoolboy boy_scout plowboy shop_boy bat_boy fauntleroy sprog preschooler farm_boy ball_boy altar_boy2. boy [ n ] a friendly informal reference to a grown man
Examples:
"he likes to play golf with the boys"
(The Dallas Morning News,...)
`` This is a poor boy 's bill '' , said Chapman .
(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)
You would n't have me throw the poor boy out on the street '' , Eileen said when I needled her about it .
(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)
The ME 's boys had finished their on-the-spot examination and the body had been removed for autopsy .
Synonyms boy Related Terms man broth_of_a_boy one_of_the_boys3. boy [ n ] a male human offspring
Examples:
"their son became a famous judge"
"his boy is taller than he is"
(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)
Winter came , and with it Mary 's baby - a boy as she had wished .
(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)
Every few minutes she would awaken for a moment to review things : Stowey , yes , was on his way south , and the two boys were away in school , and nothing was burning on the stove , and Lucretia was coming for dinner and bringing three guests of hers .
(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)
There was no room for company in the tiny Weaning_House ( where the Albright boys always took their brides , till they could get a house and a farm of their own ) .
Bobby_Joe and the boys would come_by , say `` How 's Granny '' ? and sit on the porch a while .
`` She married our baby boy , Bobby_Joe , this summer '' .
Synonyms son boy Related Terms daughter daughter male_offspring Esau mother's_boy Junior4. boy [ n ] offensive term for Black man
Examples:
"get out of my way boy"
(Francis Pollini, Night....)
Turn the bastards over to me - to me and my boys - no nigger ever got what would be comin to them - reactionary bastards .
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