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Boy

boy is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

box - boy - break

Noun

A group of little boys

(countable) A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet.
He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl.

My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England.

The boys basketball team won five games in a row.

Two teenage boys died in the crash.

A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside.
(informal) An immature man.
"I am a grown man" "you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man".
(informal) A male animal.
I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one.

You use boy when you are surprised about something.
- Synonym: wow
Boy, that's a big dog.