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little boy

little boy noun: a male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.

Noun

little boy (plural little boys)

  1. A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
    • She has three little boys, so she's very busy these days.
    • Calvin: I'd like to get a Valentine bouquet for a girl I know.
      Cashier: What a sweet little boy you are! Come see what we have.1986 February 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)
    Synonyms:
    boykin, young boy
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
  3. (derogatory) A male who is weak or subservient.
    • You're too much of a little boy to be suited for hard work like this.

Proper noun capitalized: Little Boy

Little Boy

  1. The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
    • Enola Gay / Is mother proud of Little Boy today?1980, Andy McCluskey, “Enola Gay”, performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

little boy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

little boy in Hindi

a diminutive male child
बच्चा baccā

little boy in Tamil

சிறுவன், எலிப்பயல், நக்குணி, எலியன், பொடியன்

little boy in Marathi

a little boy
पोर por

little boy in Telugu

little boy or girl
గుంట guṇṭa
a little boy
బొంద bonda
More languagesFewer languages
little boy in Kannada
ಪೊರ pora
little boy in Arabic
غُلَام ḡulām, صَبِيّ ṣabiyy

Synonyms of little boy

Forms of little boy

plurallittle boys

Origin of little boy

A military code name.

Words formed from little boy

Questions about little boy

What does little boy mean?
Little boy means a male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
What is little boy in Hindi?
Little boy in Hindi is बच्चा (baccā). See Little boy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is little boy?
Little boy can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of little boy?
The plural of little boy is little boys.

Words near little boy in the dictionary

  1. Little Bo Peep dresses
  2. Little Bokhara
  3. Little Bookham
  4. Little Bourton
  5. Little Bowden
  6. little boy
  7. little boy's room
  8. little boy's rooms
  9. little boys
  10. little boys room
  11. little boys rooms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: little boy (page history and authors); Little Boy (page history and authors); little boy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पोर (Marathi) (page history and authors); గుంట (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಪೊರ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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