Lad meaning

Noun: lad

Pronunciation: (lad)

Lad meaning:

1. A boy or man. Synonyms: blighter, bloke, boyo, bucko, chap, cuss, feller, fellow, gent
2. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy). Synonyms: son, sonny, sonny boy, cub

Quotations: Steve Bruce – We’ve got four games left and we aren’t going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.

Ruth Gordon – The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she’s just practicing?

William Shakespeare – Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney – sweepers, come to dust.

Dennis Newall – The lads treated the game as a cup final and the way they played I cannot fault them. The result was better late than never and went a long way to getting the monkey off our back.

John Hartson – Wales vs. England is one to tell your kids about. The game everyone wants to be a part of. To play against England, to have the opportunity to beat them, is something we all dream about and I’m sure all the lads feel the same.

Mark Wilson – I think the problems are to be worked out themselves in the dressing room. And we will do that. It’s a great bunch of lads, plenty of ability in there, plenty of talent; we’ll kick, scrap and fight our way out of this.

Terry Gray – Basically I want to teach these lads to stay out of court and grow up to be decent members of the community.

Chris Coleman – They’re a good bunch of lads, they are good guys and there is a good atmosphere in the changing room. Nine times out of 10 we’ll have a go, although we don’t always win games.

Mike Kerley – It’s hard to lose so many key players at once. But the lads that will come in are decent enough and I’m still positive about the game.

John McMahon – It was a very good performance. The lads played the ball really well and there was some tremendous effort and commitment.

Sample sentences:

1. The lads should know what it is all about and I am hoping they won’t be as nervous as last week.
2. A lot of the lads have played football for 20 years and you just don’t like losing.
3. It’s a pressure situation, but I don’t think the young lads ever feel it. They’ve never been in this situation before so they don’t know.
4. The lads really like it. The design is really smart and it’s great that the fans have been involved in the look of the new kit too.
5. Letting one in late on could have cost us. Andy was brilliant for us but all the lads were outstanding. They really were magnificent.
6. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
7. A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.
8. You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.
9. Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
10. Rise up, lads, the evening is coming. The evening star is just raising his long-awaited light in heaven.