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Playboy
Playboy
English
Proper noun
Playboy
- A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.
Derived terms
- Playboy bunny
Translations
the adult magazine
Noun
Playboy (plural Playboys)
- A Playboy magazine.
Adjective
Playboy (comparative more Playboy, superlative most Playboy)
- Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
- 1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34
- "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.
- 2001, Jesse Ventura, Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals, page 31
- And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.
- 2004, Inman Majors, Wonderdog, page 180
- And ready to do something for the state too. / Do what? / Lead it, says Shade. / He couldn't lead a frat house across the street to the Playboy mansion.
- a. 2006, Timothy 'Speed' Levitch, "Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy", in Alan Kaufman, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, page 48
- There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.
- 1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34
playboy
playboy
English
Noun
playboy (plural playboys)
- A man who does not work, but devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
unemployed man who devotes himself to pleasure
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈple̞ibo̞i/
Noun
playboy
Declension
Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | playboy | playboyt | |
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten |
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partitive | playboyta | playboyita | |
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | playboy | playboyt | |
accusative | nom. | playboy | playboyt |
gen. | playboyn | ||
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten |
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partitive | playboyta | playboyita | |
inessive | playboyssa | playboyissa | |
elative | playboysta | playboyista | |
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | |
adessive | playboylla | playboyilla | |
ablative | playboylta | playboyilta | |
allative | playboylle | playboyille | |
essive | playboyna | playboyina | |
translative | playboyksi | playboyiksi | |
instructive | — | playboyin | |
abessive | playboytta | playboyitta | |
comitative | — | playboyineen |
French
Noun
playboy m (plural playboys)
- Alternative spelling of play-boy
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.