boyo

boyo

noun \ˈbȯi-(ˌ)ō\

plural boy·os

Definition of BOYO

Irish

: boy, lad

Examples of BOYO

1. <a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin>

Origin of BOYO

boy + ¹-o

First Known Use: circa 1870

Related to BOYO

Synonyms: boychick (or boychik), boy [Irish], callant [chiefly Scottish], lad, laddie, nipper, shaveling, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Related Words: adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster; brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper; schoolboy; toddler, tot, tyke (also tike); mama's boy, mollycoddle

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