boyfriend

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   • I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar.
   • If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go / I can take you places you ain’t never been before.
   • Referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend suggests several things about your relationship, said Leah Carey, a sex and relationship coach and podcast host of “Good Girls Talk About Sex.”
2. 2

   A male friend.

3. 3

   A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.ᵂⁱᵏⁱᵖᵉᵈⁱᵃ

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   1. 4

      To be a boyfriend to (someone).

      • That says the boyfriend WAS an NPC Promoter/Judge AT THE TIME he was 'boyfriending' her, and she was SIXTEEN.
      • *I* married exactly 4 years after I began "boyfriending" with Silvana, and my 2nd daughter Natalia was born exactly 31 years after me :-PPPPPPPPPP
   2. 5

      To have (someone) as a boyfriend.

      • Rina is out boyfriending, God help us. The last one she brought back was terrible.
      • Her husband hurries home after work; her sister, if not boyfriending or tired, takes the girls and Max on subsidized trips to the Rubins’ favorite café, where they are petted and given mugs of cappuccino foam.
      • Poor Seth. He has it bad for Marisol. He buzzes around her constantly like a big, sweaty fly, and she’s too nice to tell him to back off. Also, boyfriending him seems to do absolutely nothing to deter him.

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