Boy vs. Buoy

Boynoun

A young male, particularly

Boynoun

A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.

Boynoun

(diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.

Boynoun

A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.

Boynoun

(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.

Boynoun

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:

Boynoun

A younger such worker.

Boynoun

A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

Boynoun

(obsolete) A male camp follower.

Boynoun

Any non-white male, regardless of age.

Boynoun

A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.

Boynoun

A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

Boynoun

Heroin.

Boyinterjection

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Boyverb

to use the word boy to refer to someone

Boyverb

(transitive) to act as a boy in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage

Boynoun

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

Boynoun

In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race; - considered derogatory by those so called, and now seldom used.

Boyverb

To act as a boy; - in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

Boynoun

a youthful male person;

Boynoun

a friendly informal reference to a grown man;

Boynoun

a male human offspring;

Boynoun

(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man;

Boy

A boy is a young male human. The term is usually used for a child or an adolescent.

Buoynoun

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.

Buoynoun

A life-buoy; a life preserver.

Buoyverb

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

Buoyverb

(transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.

Buoyverb

(transitive) To mark with a buoy.

Buoyverb

To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

Buoynoun

A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.

Buoyverb

To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; - with up.

Buoyverb

To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Buoyverb

To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Buoyverb

To float; to rise like a buoy.

Buoynoun

bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

Buoyverb

float on the surface of water

Buoyverb

keep afloat;

Buoyverb

mark with a buoy

Buoy

A buoy (, ) is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents.