boi

/ (bɔɪ) /

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noun

informal a lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance or manner

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Word Origin for boi

C20: modified spelling of boy

Words nearby boi

Bohr magneton, Bohr, Niels, Bohr radius, Bohr theory, bohunk, boi, Boiardo, Boieldieu, boil, boilable, boil away

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How to use boi in a sentence

The Gift of Gab, the only original member of Blackalicious present, is twice as big as Big Boi but only half as well known.
Where Have All the Fat Rappers Gone? Or, How Hip-Hop Lost All the Weight.|Emilia Petrarca|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Big Boi is supposed to be performing, but he had to cancel thanks to a mistimed jump at his last concert.
Where Have All the Fat Rappers Gone? Or, How Hip-Hop Lost All the Weight.|Emilia Petrarca|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Big Boi had just four words for followers: "F*ck the dumb sh*t," he tweeted.
Trayvon Martin Killing Inspires 13 Tweets From Celebrities|Sam Schlinkert, Brian Ries|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is known as the Manati, and the Portuguese call it “peixe boi,” which is only “fish-cow” done into Portuguese.
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid

Small flowers blossom on these aquatic fields, which shelter snakes and turtles, and sometimes the peixe-boi, the manatee.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson
The creature which had thus ventured within the grasp of the jaguar was a manatee, or sea-cow, the peixe boi of the Portuguese.
On the Banks of the Amazon|W.H.G. Kingston
Is en boi twilif jer, sa mot-i tha sjvgunde dêi miste fon sin lêr-tid vmbe rêd to werthande mith-a wåpne.
The Oera Linda Book|Anonymous
This has procured him, from the Arabs, the name of the Pre-au-bton, (the father with the stick:) Bour--boi.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849|Various