boy

Meaning

Noun

1. A young male human.
2. A young male human.
3. A son of any age.
4. A male human younger than the speaker.
5. (informal) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
6. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
7. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
8. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
9. (obsolete) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
10. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
11. Any non-white male, regardless of age.
12. (informal) A male friend.
13. A male submissive.
14. A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
15. A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
16. (slang) Heroin.
17. A male (tree, gene, etc).

Intj

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy／boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”). See also bully.

Sentences

" What is it that I still need to know ?" the boy asked .

But the boy never took his eye off his new friend .

The boy knew the desert sensed his fear .

That day , the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display .

The boy could certainly resist causing that kind of anxiety for the baker .

Having heard that , the boy became even more interested in alchemy .

Maybe the alchemist has never been in love , the boy thought .

" But I'm going to Egypt ," the boy said .