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PRONUNCIATION OF VAN-BOY

van-boy  [ˈvænˌbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAN-BOY

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Van-Boy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VAN-BOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of van-boy in the English dictionary

The definition of van-boy in the dictionary is a young man who helps a van driver deliver goods.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAN-BOY


attaboy
ˈætəˌbɔɪ
B-boy
ˈbiːˌbɔɪ
batboy
ˈbætˌbɔɪ
beachboy
ˈbiːtʃˌbɔɪ
billyboy
ˈbɪlɪˌbɔɪ
carboy
ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ
cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ
deadboy
ˈdɛdˌbɔɪ
fanboy
ˈfænˌbɔɪ
gownboy
ˈɡaʊnˌbɔɪ
highboy
ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ
homeboy
ˈhəʊmˌbɔɪ
houseboy
ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ
ladyboy
ˈleɪdɪˌbɔɪ
newsboy
ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ
paperboy
ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ
playboy
ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ
schoolboy
ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ
tallboy
ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAN-BOY

van der Weyden
Van Diemen Gulf
Van Diemen´s Land
van driver
Van Dyck
van Eyck
Van Gogh
van pool
van Riebeeck
Van Rompuy
van-man
van-men
van´t Hoff
vanadate
vanadic
vanadic acid
vanadinite
vanadium
vanadium steel
vanadous

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAN-BOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
black boy
boy
bus boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
errand boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
messenger boy
old boy
pretty boy
rent boy
shepherd boy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of van-boy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «van-boy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAN-BOY

Find out the translation of van-boy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of van-boy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «van-boy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

面包车男孩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

van- boy
570 millions of speakers

English

van-boy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वैन लड़का
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فان الصبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ван - мальчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

van -boy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্যান-ছেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

van -boy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Van-boy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

van -boy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バン、少年
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밴 소년
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Van-boy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

van -boy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேன்-சிறுவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हॅन-बॉय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

van-oğlan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

van -boy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

van -boy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ван - хлопчик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

van -boy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

van - boy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

van -boy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

van - boy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

van -boy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of van-boy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAN-BOY»

The term «van-boy» is used very little and occupies the 154.014 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAN-BOY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about van-boy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAN-BOY»

Discover the use of van-boy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to van-boy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Labour's Apprentices: Working-Class Lads in Late Victorian ...
Although sacked once already for playing cards on the job, a Hanley boy obtained another position in the same colliery where his stepfather worked. l06 Another boy got a van-boy's job in the same firm that employed his father, while another ...
Michael J. Childs, 1994
2
Market Boy
Steve Are you – ? Leather Boy What's that? Steve Are you – ? Leather Boy Can't hear you, mate? Steve Are you going to move your – van? Boy I've got to get the teas. Mouse Hold up! Leather Boy You'll have to wait. Mouse Oi oi! Don Oi oi!
David Eldridge, 2014
3
The Rise of the Meritocracy
Father, farm labourer) 5—1 I Learnt to read and write I3 14 I5 16 18 28 29 32 at village school Left school to take job as farm boy Kitchen boy, Bristol Grocer's errand boy Van boy Tram conductor, then van boy again Drayman Secretary, Bristol ...
Michael Young, 2011
4
56 Lectionary Stories for Preaching: Based Upon the Revised ...
And an aspirin." Hesitating only a second, the older boy tossed a tin of aspirin to White Boy, who caught it on the fly, deftly stuffing his hands back in his pockets. A street trick. Van Boy grinned. "Okay, soup tomorrow — same corner, same time?
Richard A. Jensen, Dallas Brauninger, 1993
5
Dreamer's Worlds Book One: the Girl in the Stone
I lowered my hand slowly to let the dog get my scent as I approached the van... Boy, my mind corrected... Boy, Laura... ”Boy,” I said aloud and laughed. But the dog looked like he knew what I had said, cocking his head from one side to the ...
Geo Dell, Wendell G. Sweet, 2013
6
53 Stories for Preaching: Series 1, Year 1
And an aspirin.'' Hesitating only a second, the older boy tossed a tin of aspirin to White Boy, who caught it on the fly, deftly stuffing his hands back in his pockets. A street trick. Van Boy grinned. ''Okay, soup tomorrow — same corner, same time ...
‎2002
7
Time Will Reveal Part One
“Get in tha van, boy!” said Jo to Ajay. Pearl tried to calm herself for a minute as their kids got into the van. Jb got into the van with Ebony and Ajay. “We gon follow y'all,” said Jr, after getting Chill's ice chest, glasses and boom box, out of the ...
Black Coffee, 2005
8
A Coventry Kid
The Gang were; Jim Penn – a machinist with Singer Cars Bill Clifford – a London Laundry van boy Frank Lord – London Laundry van boy Spug Gould – Baker's boy for Taunton's Bakery Jack Thompson – Auto machinist with GEC, Stoke ...
Les Ryan
9
Idle Hands: The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990
... it as soon as he shows signs of becoming a man. A firm of carriers may employ a thousand drivers and a like number of van-boys. But the career of a driver is forty years, that of a van-boy only four, so that a driver will outlive ten van-boys in  ...
Proffessor John Burnett, 2002
10
Placcaeten, Ordonnantien, Land-Chartres, Blyde-Inkomsten, ...
Blijde Incomße ende Landt- Charter , die de Hertoginne Ioanna, met Henoch VPence- laus van Boy hem, den Lande van Br aban dt Saven,doen ß ontfaen vvaren,Anno 1355. en 3,Ianuari; tot Loven. IO h a NN a byder graticn Godts, ...
Antonio Anselmo, 1648

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