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starboy

starboy noun: a young male celebrity.

Noun

starboy (plural starboys)

  1. A young male celebrity.
    • Bar 20 lay there with his hands clasped behind his head, and his knees up with legs, crossed, like how sometimes in them films they show you the starboy lay down there thinking.1957 August 17, Samuel Selvon, “Basement Lullaby”, in New Statesman, volume 54, number 1379, New Statesman Ltd, page 196
    • Look what you've done / I'm a, I'm a, I'm a motherfucking starboy2016, The Weeknd, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter, Doc McKinney, Cirkut, DaHeala, “Starboy”, in Starboy, performed by The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk, XO; Republic Records

Forms of starboy

pluralstarboys

Origin of starboy

From star + boy.

Questions about starboy

What does starboy mean?
Starboy means a young male celebrity.
What part of speech is starboy?
Starboy is a noun.
What is the plural of starboy?
The plural of starboy is starboys.

Words near starboy in the dictionary

  1. starbolins
  2. Starbotton
  3. starbound
  4. starbowline
  5. starbowlines
  6. starboy
  7. starboys
  8. Starbuck
  9. Starbucks
  10. Starbuckses
  11. Starbucksification

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