bad boy

noun

: a person who flouts convention
a literary bad boy

Examples of bad boy in a Sentence

He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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The lobster is lightly tossed in mayo, held together on a buttery roll and, with a squeeze of lemon, eating that bad boy on the boardwalk makes for a fantastic summer kickoff. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025 The movement went international with Lovers (1999) from French director Jean-Marc Barr and Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) from American bad boy Harmony Korine. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025 Before rising to fame playing bad boy Sawyer on the ABC drama Lost, Josh met his wife, Yessica Kumala Holloway, at a bar in 1999. Emy Lacroix, People.com, 17 May 2025 Maybe there should be an IMAX screening of this bad boy. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad boy

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bad boy was in 1860

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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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