[
  {
    "word": "boy",
    "phonetic": "/b\u0254\u02d0\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u0254\u02d0\u0259/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/boy-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=839306",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A young male.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Kate is dating a boy named Jim."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any non-white male, regardless of age.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Heroin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "chap",
          "guy",
          "lad",
          "mate",
          "brat",
          "knave",
          "squirt",
          "manservant",
          "son"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To use the word \u201cboy\u201d to refer to someone.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don't boy me!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boy"
    ]
  }
]