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boy | champ |

As a noun boy

is .

As a proper noun champ is

(cryptozoology) a large aquatic creature, similar to the loch ness monster, which supposedly lives in lake champlain, located on the shared borders of the american states of vermont and new york and the canadian province of quebec.

boy

English

Alternative forms

* boi (Jamaican English)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Male servant.
  • # (now, rare) A male servant, in general senses.
  • # (historical, now, offensive) A non-white male servant, as used especially by whites in a colonial settlement etc.
  • When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisers' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.
  • # (now, offensive) A non-white male.
  • (obsolete) A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
  • * 1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act I Scene 4:
  • Dost thou call me fool, boy ?
  • A young male human; a male child or young adult.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys , but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • A son.
  • * (Walter Scott)
  • My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
  • A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
  • * 1977 , (Bert Newton), to (Mohammed Ali) at the 1977 Logie Awards:[http://www.abc.net.au/thingo/txt/s1088100.htm]
  • I like the boy .
  • (colloquial) A male friend or fellow of some group, community etc. (mainly used in the plural).
  • (US, slang) Heroin.
  • Synonyms

    * brat * knave * lad * squirt * youngster * youth * See also

    See also

    * (African-American) uncle

    Antonyms

    * (young male) girl

    Derived terms

    * altar boy * attaboy * bad boy * bagboy * ball boy, ballboy * bat boy * b-boy * bell boy, bellboy * best boy * big boys * blue-eyed boy * boi * boy band * boy-bishop * boy crazy * boyfriend * boy genius * boyhood * boy howdy * boyish * boyism * boykin (diminutive) * boy oh boy * boy racer * boys and their toys * boy scout * boytjie * boy toy * boys will be boys * boy wonder * bully boy * bum boy * cabin boy * city boy * college boy * copy boy * cowboy * delivery boy * doughboy * farm boy * frat boy * golden boy * homeboy * house boy * lawnboy * little boy * lowboy * mama’s boy]], [[mummy's boy, mummy’s boy * my boy * nancy boy * newsboy * office boy * oh boy * old boy * our boy * page boy, pageboy * paper boy, paperboy * pizza boy, pizzaboy * pool boy * poor boy, po’ boy * poster boy * potboy * pretty boy * rent boy * sailor boy * sea boy * shop boy * sonny boy * stableboy * tallboy * Teddy boy * tomboy * traffic boy * water boy * whipping boy * whiteboy, white boy * wide boy * wolf boy * yellow boy, yellow-boy

    Descendants

    * Irish English: boyo * Vietnamese:

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to use the word boy to refer to someone
  • to act as a boy (qualifier, in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
  • * Shakespeare
  • I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.

    See also

    * girl, man (antonyms in some senses) * *

    References

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    champ

    English

    Etymology 1

    See champion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable)
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    uncertain, probably imitative

    Noun

  • (Ireland, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
  • * Hooker
  • They began irefully to champ upon the bit.
  • * Dryden
  • Foamed and champed the golden bit.
  • * 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18
  • The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”

    Derived terms

    * champ at the bit * chomp

    Etymology 3

    From (champagne) by shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) champagne
  • * 1990 , Ann Heller, "Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining", Dayton Daily News , 6 April 1990:
  • "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ , even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.
  • * 2009 , :
  • We're drinkin' Santana champ , 'cause it's so crisp
  • * 2010 , Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance , Pan Books (2010), ISBN 9780330513265, unnumbered page:
  • 'Glass of champ ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
    English clippings

    Etymology 4

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * champe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief
  • References

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