pageboy

page·boy

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [peyj-boi]
- /ˈpeɪdʒˌbɔɪ/
- /ˈpeɪdʒ.bɔɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [peyj-boi]
- /ˈpeɪdʒˌbɔɪ/

Definitions of pageboy word

noun pageboy a hair style in which the hair is rolled under, usually at shoulder-length. 1
noun pageboy a youth or man who works as a page, as at a hotel. 1
noun pageboy attendant at wedding: male child 1
noun pageboy female hair style 1
countable noun pageboy A pageboy is a small boy who accompanies the bride at a wedding. 0
singular noun pageboy A pageboy or a pageboy hairstyle is a hairstyle in which all the hair is smooth and the same medium length and the ends are curled under. 0

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Origin of pageboy

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05; page2 + boy

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Parts of speech for Pageboy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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pageboy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for pageboy

noun pageboy

beehive — A beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
ducktail — DA.

All 15 Synonyms of pageboy