✈️ A young pilot 🕺 A flashy man

flyboy

9 7.5

A young man who flies planes, often in the military and does daring stunts

noun
/ˈflaɪˌbɔɪ/

Archaic

: piloto

The young flyboy soared through the skies during the training exercises.
Navy flyboys
Hey, flyboy

Examples

Hey, flyboys!

Red Tails (2012)
We have to call in the flyboys!

Windtalkers (2002)
Well, you are one lucky flyboy.

Stealth (2005)
Get your ass on down here, flyboy.

Rolling Thunder (1977)
I thought you flyboys were supposed to be tough.

The Only Witness (2003)
You never did say what brings a big city flyboy back to Brownsville, of all places.

Flood! (1977)
Nice work, flyboy.

Lost in Space (1998)
As a "flyboy," I never had to endure close combat or sleep in a foxhole.

Blog text (11)
All you flyboys, all ya'll do is drop your bombs from way up in the sky.

Adulterers (2016)
I've dealt with plenty of trigger-happy flyboys like you.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Synonyms

flyer

vsflyboy

109 3.3

A person who travels by plane or pilots one

is a young bold male military pilot rather than any air traveler or passenger

aviator

vsflyboy

37 4.6

A person who flies a plane or other aircraft

is specifically a young bold male military pilot rather than any aircraft operator

airman

vsflyboy

28 3.5

A person who flies or helps fly planes in the air force

is a young, daring male military pilot rather than any air force member

flier

vsflyboy

19 4.2

A person who flies an aircraft as its pilot

is a young daring male military pilot rather than a general aircraft operator

Surface Forms

flyboy singular

flyboys plural

Morphology

flyboy = fly + boy (transparent) = fly + boy

Clear compound 'fly' (one who flies) + 'boy' yields 'a young male pilot'; meaning follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Flyboy joins fly and boy and was first used in the early 1900s for young pilots who could 'fly' planes and do daring stunts. That's why flyboy can mean a young male pilot known for bold flying.