Phrase Hound found 225 phrases and 172 compound words that contain boys. The most common are listed below. Open boys in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 225
- gay boysplural of gay boy: A gay man, especially a younger man or a boy.
- young boysplural of young boy: The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
- big boysplural of big boy: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, boy.
- boys and girlsUsed to address an audience of children, or (jocularly) of adults.
- BackStreet Boys
- little boysplural of little boy: The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
- Two Boys
- old boysplural of old boy: An alumnus, especially of a public school.
- all-boysProviding instruction for male students only.
- girls and boysSynonym of Dutchman's breeches (“the plant Dicentra cucullaria”).
- bad boysplural of bad boy: A man whose rebellious nature makes him dangerous or attractive.
- jobs for the boysJobs unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations.
- Other Boys
- Teenage boys
- boys' lovea genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
- boys' toysProducts such as mechanical and electronic gadgets and gizmos, games, fast cars, motorbikes etc., targeting adult male consumers.
- boys will be boysIt is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.
- boys of summerPeople who play baseball, particularly in the major leagues.
- area boysplural of area boy: Synonym of agbero (“type of thug”).
- B-boysplural of B-boy: A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
- best boysplural of best boy: The first assistant to either the key grip (in charge of camera placement and movement) or the gaffer (in charge of lighting and electrics).
- black boysplural of black boy: An Aboriginal boy or servant.
- blood boysplural of blood boy: A young man who sells some of his blood for transfusion to a wealthy older buyer who believes youthful blood might slow the process of aging.
- boys' clubA male-dominated organization, especially in business, that excludes or mistreats women.
- boys' homeA reform school for juvenile males.
Compound words 172
- BLInitialism of British Leyland.
- BoystownAny of various gayborhood areas popular with gay men.
- boyswearClothing designed to be worn by boys.
- boysyCharacteristic of stereotypical boys.
- cowboysA pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- fanboysplural of fanboy: A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
- playboysplural of playboy: A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
- gayboysplural of gayboy: A gay man, especially a younger man or a boy.
- newsboysplural of newsboy: A boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.
- schoolboysplural of schoolboy: A boy attending school.