Boyfriend

//ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

    "I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar."

  2. 2
    a man who is the lover of a man or woman wordnet
  3. 3
    A male friend.
  4. 4
    A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.ᵂⁱᵏⁱᵖᵉᵈⁱᵃ attributive, often
Verb
  1. 1
    To be a boyfriend to (someone). ambitransitive, informal, rare

    "3- the cutie pie, shadiah , the turk beaut who impoverished actor @imad Hemdi (of ikhmeem, upper egypt) when married together, who cost fereed il etresh his voice, when boyfriending her, who now is miT TereHa=veiled ( thanks 2 sheikh she@rawi ) :"

  2. 2
    To have (someone) as a boyfriend. ambitransitive, informal, rare

    "Rina is out boyfriending, God help us. The last one she brought back was terrible."

Example

More examples

"Mary always assists her boyfriend in doing his assignments."

Etymology

From boy + friend.

Related phrases

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