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bad boy Explained

bad boy at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "bad boy":
booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible,
funmaker, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave,
little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief,
mischief-maker, pixie, practical joker, prankster, puck,
rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace,
wag

bad boy at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Etymology

Inter: rfe » lang=en

Noun

Inter: en-noun » head=bad boy
  • Inter: &lit » bad|boy|lang=en
    1. A man whose rebellious nature makes him attractive to women.
    2. Inter: rft-sense » fragment=bad girl Inter: slan » g A male criminal.
    3. Inter: figuratively » slang An undesirable task.
    4. : Lets get this bad boy done!''
    5. Inter: slan » g A powerful or impressive product or item.
    6. Inter: quote-magazine »


    |year = 1949
    |month = November-December
    |title = Keep that pitch UP!
    |first = Floyd E.
    |last = Low
    |magazine = The Instrumentalist
    |publisher = Association for the Advancement of Instrumental Music
    |volume = 4
    |page = 38
    |pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=eao5AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22bad+boy%22
    |passage = Many school music teachers and directors are not primarily clarinetists and, knowing little of the subtle intricacies of this "bad boy" of instruments, can teach little more than the fingering.
  • Inter: quote-journal »

  • |year = 1988
    |journal = Writers Forum
    |issue = 14-17
    |publisher = University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ArZAAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22bad+boy%22
    |passage = {{... he groaned as he twisted his arm over his head to follow the groove to the right wheel well, "if this bad boy connects right there, then it can't be a light."
    }}
    1. Inter: quote-journal »


    |date = 1992-11-16
    |title = The POWERstation 220: Here today. More tomorrow. Advertisement
    |journal = InfoWorld
    |volume = 14
    |number = 46
    |page = 137
    |pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=N1EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA137&dq=%22bad+boy%22
    |passage = So isn't it time you took this bad boy for a test drive?

    See also

    * big boy
    Translation: et » bad boy