BOY

[noun] [C] - a male child or, more generally, a male of any agea teenage/adolescent boyIs it nature or nurture that makes girls and boys think so differently?When my father was a young boy he used to walk three miles to school.You've been a very naughty boy!Their little boy (= Their young son) is very sick.The boys or our boys is an approving way of speaking about your country's soldiers.We must not forget our boys serving far from home.Johnny was a local boy made good (= a man from the area who had achieved success).He used to like spending Friday nights with the boys (= his male friends).Derek plays football, drinks a lot of beer and generally acts like one of the boys (= a typical male).(saying) 'Boys will be boys' means you should not be surprised when boys act in a rough, noisy or selfish way because this is considered to be part of the male character.(informal) The boys in blue is an affectionate name for the police.The boys in blue have a very difficult job and need all the support they can get.(Oh) boy! is an exclamation which is used to express excitement or to say something emphatically.Boy, that was good!(UK dated) My boy is a friendly way of addressing a man.Look here, my (dear) boy, this simply won't do.(informal) It was the usual boy-meets-girl sort of film (= involving a traditional love story).(dated) Boy Scout is dated for a member of the Scouts.(US) A boy toy is a sexually attractive young man, esp. one who has relationships with older, powerful, or successful people.See also toy boy at toy (GAME).A boy wonder is a young man who has achieved more than what is expected for his age.