"boy-girl" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} boy-girl (not comparable)
  1. Characterized by stereotypical romantic relationships between young people. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-boy-girl-en-adj-D6BlD9xD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Noun

Forms: boy-girls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boy-girl (plural boy-girls)
  1. Someone who has characteristics of both boys and girls; someone young and androgynous.
    Sense id: en-boy-girl-en-noun-yj7a0t1A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for boy-girl meaning in English (2.1kB)

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