See boy on Wiktionary
{ "forms": [ { "form": "boy", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "boys", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl." }, { "text": "My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England." }, { "text": "The boys basketball team won five games in a row." }, { "text": "Two teenage boys died in the crash." }, { "text": "A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside." } ], "glosses": [ "A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet." ], "id": "simple-boy-en-noun-iwZlJaII", "raw_tags": [ "countable" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Colloquial", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "\"I am a grown man\" \"you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man\"." } ], "glosses": [ "An immature man." ], "id": "simple-boy-en-noun-LAm74DBB", "raw_tags": [ "informal" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Colloquial", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one." } ], "glosses": [ "A male animal." ], "id": "simple-boy-en-noun-ppkYvavX", "raw_tags": [ "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/bɔɪ/" }, { "sampa": "/bOI/" }, { "audio": "en-us-boy.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "homophones": [ "buoy" ] } ], "word": "boy" } { "forms": [ { "form": "boy", "raw_tags": [ "Interjection" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "interjection" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "Boy, that's a big dog." } ], "glosses": [ "You use boy when you are surprised about something." ], "id": "simple-boy-en-intj-UbPAymqr", "synonyms": [ { "word": "wow" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/bɔɪ/" }, { "sampa": "/bOI/" }, { "audio": "en-us-boy.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "homophones": [ "buoy" ] } ], "word": "boy" }
{ "forms": [ { "form": "boy", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "boys", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl." }, { "text": "My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England." }, { "text": "The boys basketball team won five games in a row." }, { "text": "Two teenage boys died in the crash." }, { "text": "A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside." } ], "glosses": [ "A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ] }, { "categories": [ "Colloquial" ], "examples": [ { "text": "\"I am a grown man\" \"you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man\"." } ], "glosses": [ "An immature man." ], "raw_tags": [ "informal" ] }, { "categories": [ "Colloquial" ], "examples": [ { "text": "I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one." } ], "glosses": [ "A male animal." ], "raw_tags": [ "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/bɔɪ/" }, { "sampa": "/bOI/" }, { "audio": "en-us-boy.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "homophones": [ "buoy" ] } ], "word": "boy" } { "forms": [ { "form": "boy", "raw_tags": [ "Interjection" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "interjection" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "Boy, that's a big dog." } ], "glosses": [ "You use boy when you are surprised about something." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "wow" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/bɔɪ/" }, { "sampa": "/bOI/" }, { "audio": "en-us-boy.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "homophones": [ "buoy" ] } ], "word": "boy" }
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