Boy
22 definitions retrieved  Boy \Boy\, v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. [1913 Webster] I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Boyar Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.] 1. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. [1913 Webster] My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity, or party. [1913 Webster] 2. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race; -- considered derogatory by those so called, and now seldom used. [derog.] He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances Macnab. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang] Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.] Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum); -- called also lad's love. Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling. [1913 Webster]  boy n 1: a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" [syn: male child, boy] [ant: {female child}, girl, little girl] 2: a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys" 3: a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son, boy] [ant: daughter, girl] 4: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"  boy [bɔi] Junge; Junge!; Knabe  boy [bɔi] garçon; gosse domestique; serviteur  boy fiú  boy [bɔi] buachaill; garsún; gasúr  boy ragazzo servire  boy [bɔi] puer ambactus; anculus; calo; cliens; minister  boy [bɔi]  boy [bɔi] menino, rapaz criado, servente, servidor  boy [bɔi] chico; muchacho criado  boy [bɔi] gosse; pilt; pojke betjänt; dräng; tjänare  boy [bɔi] bachgen; crwtyn; hogyn gwas  extent 1. boy, uzunluk, mesafe, saha, büyüklük 2. kapsam, şümul 3. derece, mertebe, had 4. (huk.) musadere emirnamesi, müsadere 5. (mat.) uzanma. to a great extent büyük çapta. to the full extent of his power elinden geldiği kadar. length 1. uzunluk, boy 2. müddet, mesafe, süre 3. (gram.) bir sesli harfin uzatılması veya uzunluğu. length of days uzun ömür. at great length tafsilâtıyle, ayrıntılarıyle. at length uzun uzadıya 4. en nihayet. at full length tafsilatıyle 5. boylu boyunca. cable' length (den.) gomene boyu, yüz kulaç. go to all lengths, go to any length her çareyi kullanmak, her çareye başvurmak. keep one at arm' length birini pek yaklaştırmamak, samimi olmasına müsaade etmemek. race won by a length bir at veya kayık boyu ile kazanılan yarış. magnitude 1. büyüklük, boy 2. önem, ehemmiyet 3. (astr.) kadir. star of the first magnitude birinci kadirden olan yıldız. phratry 1. (sosyol.) aşiret, boy, uruk. stature 1. boy, kamet, endam, insan veya hayvan boyu. moral stature ahlaki fazilet.  boy Bub m; Bube m boy Junge m; Knabe m; Bube m  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "boy": American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, bloke, brown man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, burrhead, chauffeur, coachman, colored person, colt, coon, cub, darky, driver, equerry, fellow, fledgling, gamin, gardener, gee, gent, gentleman, gillie, goody, gook, guy, he, hobbledehoy, honky, houseboy, houseman, jigaboo, jungle bunny, lad, laddie, lord-in-waiting, man, manchild, manservant, master, muchacho, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pup, puppy, pygmy, ragamuffin, red man, redskin, schoolboy, slant-eye, small fry, son, sonny, sonny boy, spade, street arab, stripling, tad, the Man, urchin, valet, valet de chambre, whelp, whippersnapper, white, white man, whitey, yellow man, young man, youth Boy related |
|||
Random Words
Overalls, Aquarien, Peru, Gerber, Armour, Programmers, Bestecke, Krematorium, Retreats, Exceptional, Shredding, Loans, Match, Koch, Tiber, Yugoslavia, Shown, Stammbaum, Increased, 88, Omnibus, Ran, Blindfolded, Gandalf, Sibelius Popular Words Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany, Copyrights: Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain WordNet: Princeton University
Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!
|
Copyright © 2005 domains-und-mehr.de; All rights reserved!