Meaning of boy In English

• 0 a male child or, more generally, a male of any age:

  • a teenage/adolescent boy

  • As a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school.

  • You've been a very naughty boy!

  • Their little boy (= their young son) is very sick.

  • All right, boys and girls, settle down!

  • He used to like spending Friday nights with the boys.

  • We must not forget our boys serving far from home.

  • He plays baseball, drinks a lot of beer and generally acts like one of the boys.

• 1 used to express excitement, worry, disappointment, etc. or to emphasize something:

  • Boy, that was good!

• 2 a male child or, more generally, a male of any age:

  • Some boys were playing basketball in the schoolyard.

  • We have two children – a boy and a girl.

• 3 abbreviation for beginning of year