the lads

plural noun

British, informal

: the male friends or work partners of a man viewed as a group

He was out drinking with the lads at the pub.

Examples of the lads in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whatever the case, the lads left their Inn at Meadowbrook hotel Wednesday and took a short walk to a nearby park. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

However, their last and only World Cup title came all the way back in 1966, but every four years we are led to believe this is the year the lads bring the Cup back home. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Most of the credit goes to the lads at AMG’s Brixworth, England battery technology center, which supplies AMG racing. — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

But the lads won’t be knocked by this. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

Following the release last Friday of ARIRANG, the lads strutted their stuff the next day with a live show at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, livestreamed globally on Netflix as BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026

My favorite ever is when the lads go to the Caravan Club. — Owen Cooper, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

Should Varas need any inspirational props to sell the lads on digging deeper, locals can help. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the lads

• comrades
• dyads
• monads
• nomads
• tetrads
• triads
• adds
• ads
• brads
• clads
• dads
• fads