Definition of bad boy
: a person who flouts convention
- a literary bad boy
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He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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Ousted bad boys are somehow able to change the narrative.
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McCarron has been enjoying himself on the PGA Tour Champions, which includes many of your favorite golfers — Bernhard Langer, Corey Pavin, bad boy John Daly, etc. — who are over 50 years of age.
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Ryan Lochte, the classic bad boy liar liar speedo on fire of swimming, has married his model fiancée, Kayla Rae Reid.
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Create a 30-minute dish with these bad boys, but cooked in two ways.
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Vauthier dresses everyone from Rihanna to French first lady Brigitte Macron, but is still considered the bad boy of couture and the man responsible for bringing jeans to the runway (take note, Proenza detractors).
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Pumped to ride this bad boy a few more days before (qualifying).
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Just check out plush bad boy Winnie sitting pretty back when Hanyu was practicing for the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in 2013.
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First Known Use of bad boy
1860
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Definition of bad boy for English Language Learners
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: a man who says or does things that shock other people; especially : a young and successful man who does things in a way that is very different from the usual way
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