Reverse Dictionary: BOY

ADJECTIVES
1537 • PUERILE suitable for a boy; characteristic of a boy
1552 • BOYLY having the qualities of a boy; boyish
1568 • BOYING behaving like a boy; puerile → obs.
1625 • BREAD AND BUTTER designating the period boy boyhood or girlhood
1884 • LADDISH boyish → Eng. dial.
1885 • BOYEY having the qualities of a boy; boyish
1886 •  LADDIE-PADDIE boyish → Sc.
1895 •  LAUD-LIKE boyish → Sc.
1902 •  LAD-LIKE boyish, masculine → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1947 • GUY-GOONY boy-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
………. • LAP-HAPPY boy-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
………. • SLACK-HAPPY boy-crazy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1000 • KNIGHTHOOD boyhood, youth → obs.
1481 • PUERICE boyhood; childhood → obs.
1579 • BOYERY boyhood → obs.
1605 • LAD-AGE the age of boyhood → obs.
1625 • BOYAGE boyhood → obs.
1810 • BOYISM boyhood → obs.
1823 • BOY-DAYS boyhood; time spent as a young boy
1843 • LADDISM the character of a lad 
1848 • HOG-AGE the awkward, ill-mannered age between boyhood and manhood; male adolescence → Amer. dial.
1856 • BOYDOM a being a boy; boyhood
………. • LADDIE-DAYS boyhood, the days of youth → Sc.
1857 • TOMMYHOOD the state of being a young boy, boyhood
1881 • MOB-BEG a mob of boys; a little crowd or mob → Eng. dial.
1884 • BREAD-AND-BUTTERHOOD childhood; boyhood or girlhood → obs.
1893 • LADDIE-HOOD boyhood, the days of youth → Sc.
1896 • LADDIE-BAND a band of troop of boys → Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
1000 • KNAPE a male child, a boy, a young man → obs.
………. • KNAVE a male child, a boy; a young man → obs.
………. • KNIGHT a boy, a youth, a lad → obs.
1225 • GROOM a male child, a boy → obs.
………. • KNAVE-CHILD a male child, a boy, s son → obs.
1297 • HIND a boy, a stripling → obs.
1300 • PAGE a boy; a youth; a lad → obs.
1386 • SWAIN a youth; a boy; a man → obs.
1398 • STRIPLING a youth, one just passing from boyhood to manhood
1425 • LITTLE MAN a young male child, a boy
1438 • MAN-CHILD a male child 
1483 • WHELP a young child; a boy or girl
1505 • BILLY a boy; a young fellow; a comrade; a brother → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1528 • YONKER • YOUNKER • YUNKER a boy; a lad; a child 
………. • YOUNKERKIN a boy; a lad; a little younker or child boy → obs.
1529 • SON OF THE HOUSE the son of a family, esp. the oldest or only boy
1540 • HOBBLEDEHOY a youth between man and boy; a young lad between fourteen and twenty-one, neither man nor boy 
1546 • LADDIE a young lad; a term of endearment → chiefly Sc.
1547 • BOYKIN a little boy; a term of endearment 
1548 • JACK a boy, a lad, a fellow, or chap; esp. a low-bred, ill-mannered, or vulgar fellow; a knave → obs.
1560 • LOON a boy, a lad, a youth → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1572 • BIG BOY a boy who is relatively old or mature; also, a boy who is old enough to look after himself or to cope with adult experiences 
1579 • IMP a boy; a young man; a youth; a fellow → obs.
1582 • PRICKET a boy, a young man → obs.
1583 • DANDIPRAT a little boy; a young lad; an urchin; rarely a young girl → obs.
1591 • MUCHACHO in Spanish-speaking countries: a boy, a young man
1598 • PILLICOCK a young boy; a term of endearment → obs.
………. • SPAUGHT • SPAUT • SPOWT a boy; a young fellow approaching manhood; a youth, a lad, a stripling → obs.
1599 • TIT a lad or young man → obs.
..L16 • JOCKEY a lad; an underling 
………. • SHAVER a young lad; a youth; a child → colloq.
1600 • URCHIN a boy or youngster
1603 • GHILLIE a lad, a youth → obs., chiefly Sc.
1638 • DILDO a term of abuse for a boy or young man → colloq.
1642 • LADKIN a young lad 
.M17 • ROGER a lad; a chap → colloq.
1660 • HALFLANG a boy not fully grown; a stripling → Sc.
1668 • COISTREL • CUSTREL a boy or young man → obs.
1684 • GOSSOON a youth, a boy → chiefly Irish
1685 • HASH a boy; a term of endearment → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..18C • CAWLIE a boy → Sc.
1700 • LAD-BAIRN a male child → Sc.
1708 • HALF-LONG a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work → Sc.
1716 • CALLAN • CALLANT a boy; a lad; a young man → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1718 • GILPIE a boy, esp. a lively, mischievous or impudent one; a roguish boy → Sc. obs.
1761 • GITANO a Romani boy or man from Spain, esp. Andalusia
1763 • LOONIE a boy, a youth, a lad → Sc.
1768 • LADDIER a person who is fond of boys → Sc.
1777 • INCH a boy, a youth → Eng. dial. obs.
1786 • CADDIE • CADDY • CADIE a boy; a young fellow → Sc.
1787 • PUR a boy → obs.
1788 • BUDDY a man or boy, used as a form of address → colloq.
1790 • COCK-OF-WAX a man or boy, used as a form of address → sl.
………. • HASPAT a stripling; a youth between man and boy → Eng. dial. obs.
………. • HASPENALD an overgrown boy; a youth between man and boy → Eng. dial.
………. • HASPENALD-LAD an overgrown boy; a youth between man and boy → Eng. dial.
1794 • HAFFLIN • HAFLIN • HALFLIN • HALFLING • HAWFLIN a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..L18 • LAD OF WAX a boy; a weak or unimportant man → sl.
1816 • KIDDY a boy; a young fellow; a chap → Amer. sl.
1818 • CHAP a boy or man, used as friendly form of address → UK colloq.
1820 • HASPIN a stripling → Sc.
1821 • LADDIE-WEAN a boy-child → Sc.
………. • LAD-WEAN a boy-child → Sc.
1823 • BAW a boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • GILLIE a young lad → Sc.
………. • HIPPEDDEHOY a hobbledehoy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1824 • MANITOODLIE a small boy; a toddler → Sc.
1825 • HASPAN a young lad; a stripling → Sc.
………. • HASPAT LAD a youth between a man and a boy → Eng. dial.
………. • HOBBITY-HOY a lad growing into manhood; one between man and boy; a clumsy or awkward youth; a hobbledehoy → Eng. dial.
………. • YOUDLIN a stripling → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
………. • YOUNG CALLAND a boy → Sc. (Bk.)
1835 • BOYO a boy; a fellow → Irish-Amer. sl.
1837 • TOWNSKIP a form of address for a boy → humorous usage, obs.
1841 • BUBBY a boy or man; used as a nickname or term of address → Amer. dial.
1845 • SHIRT-TAIL BOY a very young boy → Amer. dial.
1846 • BOYSIE a boy; a young man → colloq.
1847 • GUY a boy or a man; a general form of address → sl., orig. US
.M19 • SHAVELING a youth; a young lad 
1851 • CHAL a Romani boy or man
1854 • LITTLE SHAVER a boy, a young male; a small, pert boy → colloq.
………. • YOUNG SHAVER a boy, a young male; a small, pert boy → colloq.
1855 • BAY a boy → obs. (Bk.)
1858 • TIGERLING a young boy 
1859 • NIP a baby; a young boy → sl.
………. • NIPPER a baby; a young boy → sl.
………. • RAW-GORBIT a half-grown boy → Eng. dial.
………. • YOB a boy; a youth → back slang (Bk.)
1860 • FELLOW-MY-LAD used by an older person to refer to a boy or a younger man → colloq.
1870 • LADDO a lad, a boy → colloq., orig. Irish
1871 • LITTLE TAD a small boy → Amer. dial.
………. • TAD a boy or child → Amer. dial.
1874 • BUD a boy; used as a nickname or term of address → Amer. dial.
1876 • MAN BAIRN a boy, a male child; a young son → Sc.
1882 • LADDIKIE a little lad; a term of affection for a boy → Sc.
………. • LADDOCK a little lad; a term of affection for a boy → Sc.
1885 • TACKER a small boy → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1886 • TANTARABOBUS a boy or man; used as a playful nickname → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 • LADDOCKIE a young boy → Sc.
………. • LITTLE TACKER a boy → Amer. dial.
………. • NOTMATOT a boy; a hobbledehoy → Eng. dial.
1891 • SPALPEEN a little boy; a youngster → Irish
1892 • BULL-CHILO a boy → Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
………. • CHOKRA a boy; a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment → Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
………. • CHUCKOROO a boy; a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment → Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
………. • NAPPER a boy → Eng. dial.
1893 • BIT OF A DODDLER a small boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • SKIN-AWAY a small boy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
………. • TINKER-TONKER a small boy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1894 • BOYZEE a boy → Amer. dial.
………. • PAEDOLOGIST • PAIDOLOGIST a person who studies boys 
1898 • BAWKEN a lad 10 to 17 years of age → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • BEDLAMER a boy or young man → Eng. dial., contemptuous usage (Bk.)
1899 • HE-SLIP a young boy; a lad → Sc.
………. • SPADGER a small boy → colloq.
..L19 • NADGER a young boy → Ireland sl.
1900 • DODDLER a small boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • GAWKIN a hobbledehoy; a lanky, ungainly fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • GURLIN a boy, an urchin → Sc. (Bk.)
1901 • THREAD a stripling → Eng. dial.
1902 • HASPAL an overgrown boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • HIPPETY-BOY • HIPPETY-HOY a hobbledehoy, a youth between the time of manhood and boyhood → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • LADDIE-WAX a boy; a youth → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 • BUB a small boy; used as a term of address → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
………. • MOTHER’S JOY a boy → Aust. rhyming sl.
………. • NARCHER a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • RAMLIN-LAD a tall, fast-growing boy → Sc. (Bk.)
………. • UTICK a lad → Eng. dial., reproachful usage (Bk.)
1905 • YOBLET a small boy → UK sl.
1907 • GAFFER a boy; a young fellow → Anglo-Irish 
1908 • FUZZFACE a young tramp or boy, esp. one whose beard has not properly grown → US tramps’ sl.
………. • RAGBILD a lad in his early teens; a hobbledehoy → Sc.
1912 • KWEDINI a young African boy → S. Afr.
1913 • BOUCHAL • BOUGHAL a boy → Irish sl.
1914 • BJARTIN a boy; a youth, a young lad → Sc. (Bk.)
………. • GAZOONEY • GAZOONIE • GAZOONY a boy or lad; an inexperienced youth → US sl.
………. • MANNIE a lad or boy; usually as an endearment → colloq., orig. & chiefly Sc.
1915 • BABE a lad, often carried into adult life; used affectionately → Amer. dial.
………. • BUTTON a boy; a young man; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow → Amer. dial., West. usage
1916 • SCUD a little boy; a scamp; a rascal → Amer. dial.
1919 • GAS-GONG a boy, garcon → Aust. services’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • WALLAH a boy → Aust. services’ sl. (Bk.)
1921 • BOYCHICK • BOYCHIK a boy, a young man → colloq., esp. Jewish usage
1922 • YOBBO a boy, a youth → sl., orig. Brit.
1927 • CHIEF a man or boy, used as a form of address → colloq.
1928 • BUBE a boy → Amer. dial.
1930 • HIPSY HOY a boy → UK rhyming sl.
………. • PRIDE AND JOY a boy → rhyming sl.
………. • SHORTHORN a young lad → Amer. dial.
1933 • BILF a growing, sturdy, young fellow → Sc.
1939 • SONNY a boy; the son of a family
1941 • TADWHACKER a boy or child → Amer. dial.
1943 • OKIE a boy or man → S. Afr. sl.
1945 • DOOR KNOB a small boy → US Western usage (Bk.)
1946 • LIGHTIE • LIGHTY a boy or male adolescent → S. Afr. colloq.
1949 • PA SACK a male child; a term of endearment → Amer. dial.
………. • PAPPY SACK a male child; a term of endearment → Amer. dial.
1950 • BWAI • BWOY a boy → W. Indies
………. • HAIRY DICK • HARRY DICK an adolescent boy → Amer. dial.
………. • VENUS WITH A PENIS a beautiful, baby-faced boy → homosexual sl.
1953 • LITTLE SCUT a little boy; a scamp; a rascal → Amer. dial.
………. • SCUT a little boy; a scamp; a rascal → Amer. dial.
1960 • BABY a boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality → homosexual sl.
………. • BIBETTE a male child too young to be sexually developed and therefore considered neuter → homosexual sl.
………. • MISSY an underage boy → US homosexual sl.
………. • ZIP GUN a boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality → homosexual sl.
1961 • OUTJIE a boy, a young man → S. Afr. colloq.
1966 • BUBBA a boy → Amer. dial.
………. • HARD LEG a boy → US high school sl. (Bk.)
1967 • CHOCH • CHO CHO a boy; a small child → Amer. dial.
1968 • BUNK a boy; used as a term of address → Amer. dial.
1971 • BOY-SAN a boy; a young man → Amer. sl., military in Far East usage
………. • SAVELOY a boy → rhyming sl.
………. • YOUNG ACTION a boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • YOUNG STUFF a boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1973 • GARSOON • GARSUN a boy → Irish sl., often derogatory
1974 • BOYKIE a boy, a young man → S. Afr. colloq.
1974 • PUNK a boy, youth, or beginner; a child or adolescent of either sex; a youngster → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1977 • FUZZBEARD a young tramp or boy, esp. one whose beard has not properly grown → US tramps’ sl.
1982 • YINGEL a young boy → Jewish (Bk.)
1986 • HAMMER KNOCKER a small boy; a child → Amer. dial.
1991 • GASOOR a boy → Irish sl.
1992 • HIBBER DE HOY an adolescent boy, esp. a hooligan → UK sl.
1997 • CADDAY a young boy; a boy hired as a servant → Ireland (Bk.)
1999 • MARK FOY a boy → Aust. rhyming sl. based on the name of a once-famous Sydney department store (Bk.)

PHRASES
1848 • BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS between manhood and boyhood → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1611 • UNBOY to grow out of boyhood
1626 • ADOLESCENTURATE to play the boy, or fool → obs.