WIDE BOY

Meaning of WIDE BOY in English

( wide boys)

A wide boy is a man, especially a young man, who has a lot of money but who earns it in a dishonest or illegal way. ( mainly BRIT INFORMAL )

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

WIDE BOY — ■ noun Brit. informal a man involved in unscrupulous or dishonest activities.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WIDE BOY — noun ( BrE , informal , disapproving ) a man who makes money in dishonest ways
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE BOY — ˈwide boy BrE AmE noun [countable] British English informal a man who makes money in dishonest ways and uses it …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDE BOY — (~s) A ~ is a man, especially a young man, who has a lot of money but who earns it …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WIDE BOY — n BrE sl These are wide boys. You'd better keep clear of them — Эти парни большие прохиндеи. Держись от них …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WIDE BOY — n BrE sl These are wide boys. You'd better keep clear of them — Эти парни большие прохиндеи. Держись от …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
WIDE BOY — wide boy n BrE sl These are wide boys. You'd better keep clear of them Эти парни большие прохиндеи. Держись …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WIDE BOY — These are wide boys. You'd better keep clear of them — Эти парни большие прохиндеи. Держись от них лучше подальше …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English wid, wide, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOY — ˈbȯi noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English; akin to Frisian boi boy and probably to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDE — (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to …
Английский словарь Webster
WIDE — ( superl. ) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — — wideness , n. /wuyd/ , adj., wider, widest , adv. , n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOY — /boy/ , n. 1. a male child, from birth to full growth, esp. one less than 18 years of age. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( wider ; wid·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOY — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. often offensive : a male servant 2. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDE — superl remote; distant; far. 2. wide ·noun that which is wide; wide space; width; extent. 3. wide ·noun that which …
Webster English vocab
BOY — noun a male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. 2. boy ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
WIDE — [wide] adj wider ; wid.est [ME, fr. OE wid; akin to OHG wit wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having great …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOY — [boy] n, often attrib [ME] (13c) 1: a male servant--sometimes taken to be offensive 2. a: a male child from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOY — boy, Boy BrE AmE bɔɪ ▷ boys bɔɪz ▶ ˌ boy ˈ scout AmE \ ˈ• • BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIDE — / waɪd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( wider , wid·est ) FROM ONE SIDE TO …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOY — / bɔɪ; NAmE / noun , exclamation ■ noun 1. [ C ] a male child or a young male …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — I. wide 1 S1 W1 /waɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wide , ↑ widely ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOY — I. boy 1 S1 W1 /bɔɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from Frisian boi 'boy' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Oxford English vocab
-WIDE — -wide combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something exists or happens throughout the place or area that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — ( wider, widest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOY — ( boys) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A boy is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/broad/wide smile (= when you are very happy ) ▪ She had a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby boy/girl ▪ She’s just had a lovely healthy baby girl. a lucky …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDE — [adverb] -r, -stThey moved the goal posts wider apart (= so that there was a larger distance between them).His eyes …
Cambridge English vocab
BOY — [noun] [C] - a male child or, more generally, a male of any agea teenage/adolescent boyIs it nature or nurture …
Cambridge English vocab
WIDE — Synonyms and related words : aberrant, abroad, abstract, accented, adrift, advanced, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, alveolar, amiss, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOY — n. big boy fly boy whipping boy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIDE — INDEX: 1. a long distance from one side to another 2. how wide something is 3. to become wider 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BOY — See ↑ CHILD 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ blue-eyed boy/girl • ↑ little boy/little girl • ↑ rent boy
Longman Activator English vocab
WIDE — n. 25B6; adjective a wide river : BROAD, extensive, spacious, vast, spread out. their mouths were wide with shock : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIDE — adj. 1 spacious, roomy, ample, extensive, broad The road is wide enough for two cars to pass If the book …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BOY — n. 1 lad, youth, young man, stripling, youngster, schoolboy, fellow, urchin, brat, Colloq kid, guy, small fry, little shaver There …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BOY — See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY, FAIR-HAIRED BOY, MAMA'S BOY, OLD BOY, SEPARATE THE MEN …
Словарь английских идиом
WIDE — 1. прил. 1) широкий, обширный Syn : vast, spacious, broad 2) имеющий определенную ширину 3) широко раскрытый (напр., о глазах) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIDE — wide.ogg 1. waıd n 1. поэт. простор, ширь 2. (the wide) сл. весь мир done /whacked/ to the wide - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WIDE — 1) повсюду 2) просторный 3) широка 4) широкий 5) широко • arithmetic in the wide sense — арифметика в широком смысле between very wide limits — в …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WIDE — 1. waıd n 1. поэт. простор, ширь 2. (the wide) сл. весь мир done /whacked/ to the wide - погибший …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WIDE — 1. прил. 1) широкий 2) обширный, большой wide horizon — широкий горизонт wide open spaces — широкие просторы Syn: vast …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WIDE — 1. прил. 1) широкий 2) обширный, большой wide horizon — широкий горизонт wide open spaces — широкие просторы Syn: vast, spacious, broad 3) имеющий определенную ширину Thirty foot …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WIDE — 1. _a. 1> широкий 2> такой-то ширины; 3 ft. wide в 3 фута шириной 3> большой, обширный; просторный; the wide …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BOY — _n. 1> мальчик 2> парень; молодой человек - my boy 3> сын 4> бой (слуга-туземец на Востоке) 5> _мор. юнга …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WIDE — 1. a. 1. широкий 2. такой-то ширины; 3 ft. wide в 3 фута шириной 3. большой, обширный; просторный; the wide …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BOY — n. 1. мальчик 2. парень; молодой человек - my boy 3. сын 4. бой (слуга-туземец на Востоке) 5. мор. юнга …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WIDE — прил. 1) широкий, обширный, большой 2) значительный • - a wide range of prices - by a wide margin - wide connections - wide prices - wide variety Syn: broad
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
BOY — сущ. рассыльный, посыльный - bundle boy - carry-out boy - cart boy - errand boy
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
WIDE — 1. _a. 1> широкий 2> такой-то ширины; 3 ft. wide в 3 фута шириной 3> большой, обширный; просторный; the wide …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BOY — рассыльный, посыльный; носильщик мелких грузов (обычно в магазине) - bundle boy - carry-out boy - cart boy - errand boy
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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