Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (now, uncommon and/or offensive) Male servant.
- (now, rare) A male servant, in general senses.
- (historical, now, offensive) A non-white male servant, as used especially by whites in a colonial settlement etc.
- (now, offensive) A non-white male.
- (obsolete) A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
- A young male human; a male child or young adult.
- A son.
- A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
- (colloquial) A male friend or fellow of some group, community etc. (mainly used in the plural).
- (US, slang) Heroin.
Huudahdukset
- Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
Verbit
- to use the word boy to refer to someone
- (transitive) to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
Esimerkit
- When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisers' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.
- Dost thou call me fool, boy?
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- the boys were playing kickball in the mud; Steve is a boy of 16
- My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
- I like the boy.
- I’m going out for a few drinks with the boys; me and my boy grew up together in Southside
- Here, boys, heel; yes, Bobby, show the puppies how, good boy!
- Boy, that was close!
- Boy, that tastes good!
- Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
- Don't boy me!
- I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | boyed |
| Imperfekti | boyed |
| Partisiipin preesens | boying |
| Monikko | boys |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | boys |