| boy |  | |
| 1. n. A young male, particularly | |
| Kate is dating a boy named Jim. | |
| 2. n. A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults. | |
| 3. n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age. | |
| 4. n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. | |
| 6. n. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly: | |
| 7. n. A younger such worker. | |
| 8. n. (historical, or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A male camp follower. | |
| 10. n. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age. | |
| 11. n. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog. | |
| C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy? | |
| Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat? | |
| 12. n. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank. | |
| 13. n. (US, slang) Heroin. | |
| 14. interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing. | |
| Boy, that was close! | |
| Boy, that tastes good! | |
| Boy, I wish I could go to Canada! | |
| 15. v. to use the word boy to refer to someone | |
| Don't boy me! | |
| 16. v. to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage) | |
