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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Barton takes on the role of Fletch, the camp's bad boy, in Camp Rock 3. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 The cast also features Lumi Pollack as cello prodigy Rosie, Casey Trotter as drummer Cliff, Brooklynn Pitts as choreographer Callie, Ava Jean as social media star Madison and Malachi Barton as the camp’s resident bad boy, Fletch. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025 This wasn't Daly's first brush with single-hole disaster Back in 1998, golf's famed bad boy recorded an 18 on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill, famously hitting six balls into the water. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Sep. 2025 Williams plays Dylan, a brooding bad boy. Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad boy

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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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 29 Sep. 2025.

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