Definitions for Boy

Boy boy

Spelling: [boi]
IPA: /bɔɪ/

Boy is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in Boy (boy).

Definitions for Boy

noun

  1. a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
  2. a young man who lacks maturity, judgment, etc.
  3. Informal. a grown man, especially when referred to familiarly:
  4. a son:
  5. a male who is from or native to a given place.
  6. boys, (used with a singular or plural verb) a range of sizes from 8 to 20 in garments made for boys. a garment in this size range. the department or section of a store where these garments are sold.
  7. boys, military personnel, especially combat soldiers:
  8. Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to or address a man considered by the speaker to be inferior in ethnicity, nationality, or occupational status.
  9. a young male servant; page.
  10. Offensive. (in India, China, Japan, etc.) a native male servant, working as a butler, waiter, houseboy, etc.
  11. Nautical. an apprentice seaman or fisherman.

interjection

  1. an exclamation of wonder, approval, etc., or of displeasure or contempt.

Origin of Boy

1250-1300; Middle English boy(e), perhaps after Old English Bōia man's name; cognate with Frisian boi young man; akin to Old English bōfa, Old Norse bōfi, Old High German Buobo man's name (Ge

Examples for Boy

"Men say it is not so grand as the statue of Zeus, that we have at Olympia," replied the boy.

In the 90s, it kept gay men out of leadership roles in the boy Scouts of America.

I couldn't begin to tell you all the bad things he did when he was a boy.

This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.

The boy came forward, and examined the stranger with curiosity.

boy, they be not due to you till you be come to years of discretion.

All would attest to the manifest goodness that inspired the perfect nickname for the boy who would become a perfect cop.

But religious tolerance would be a wholesome goodie for every boy and girl.

As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!

"I wanted to be revenged on the boy, and now I know how," he said.

Word Value for Boy
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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