"boy next door" meaning in English

See boy next door in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boy next door.wav [US] Forms: boys next door [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|boys next door}} boy next door (plural boys next door)
  1. A regular, typical boy or man, as opposed to a superstar. Coordinate_terms: girl next door Translations (regular boy or man): típic bon noi [masculine] (Catalan), 鄰家男孩 /邻家男孩 (línjiā nánhái) (Chinese Mandarin), kluk odvedle [masculine] (Czech), naapurinpoika (Finnish), garçon d'à côté [masculine] (French), Junge von nebenan [masculine] (German), Nachbarjunge [masculine] (German), ragazzo della porta accanto [masculine] (Italian), chłopak z sąsiedztwa [masculine] (Polish)
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  2. (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Tags: slang Synonyms: twink
    Sense id: en-boy_next_door-en-noun-SftfMKfo Topics: LGBT

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "regular boy or man",
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      "word": "típic bon noi"
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      "roman": "línjiā nánhái",
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      "word": "鄰家男孩 /邻家男孩"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "regular boy or man",
      "word": "naapurinpoika"
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      "word": "garçon d'à côté"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "regular boy or man",
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      "word": "Junge von nebenan"
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      "sense": "regular boy or man",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nachbarjunge"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "sense": "regular boy or man",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ragazzo della porta accanto"
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "chłopak z sąsiedztwa"
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}

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