boys
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
An inflected form of boy · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 622 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,025 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a youthful male person also: male child the baby was a boyshe made the boy brush his teeth every night
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man he likes to play golf with the boys
- a male human offspring also: son their son became a famous judgehis boy is taller than he is
boys in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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How the boys and girls loved it!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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And it's wonderful what wisdom the boys show.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The times have changed; so have the boys!
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Went up the cheering, the quick chanticleering; All hands vying—all colors flying: “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” and “Row, boys, row!”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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He sat with the other new-comers, staring, open-eyed, at nearly six hundred boys, big and small, assembled together in the Speech-room.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1