ladnoun [ C ]
uk/læd/us/læd/a boy or young man:
A group of young lads were standing outside the shop.
He's a nice lad.
The prime minister's a local lad (= he was born and lived in this area).
lads and lasses (= boys and girls)
[ as form of address ] Come on, lads, let's get this job finished!
More examples
- You do that once more and you'll get a clip round the ear, my lad.
- By gum, he's a big lad!
- He was a young lad of 16 when he first came to the big smoke.
- A big strapping lad like you shouldn't have much difficulty lifting that!
- He's a canny lad.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- medallion man
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
- suitor
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Idiom(s)
a bit of a lad
the lads