transcription, транскрипция: [ læd ]
( lads)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A lad is a young man or boy. ( INFORMAL )
When I was a lad his age I would laugh at the strangest things...
Come along, lad. Time for you to get home.
N-COUNT ; N-VOC
2.
Some men refer to their male friends or colleagues as the lads . ( BRIT INFORMAL )
...a drink with the lads...
N-PLURAL : the N