Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.

    фанати́роватьfanatírovatʹ

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Elon has his fanboys trained to congratulate him even when his rocket blows up.

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. FANBOYS is an acronym for the most common coordinating conjunctions in the English language.

    jegaevi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I'm not a fanboy.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. John is a certified Apple fanboy.

    2001 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

1 languages
Русский
to be a fanboy:

Origin

From fan + boy.

From fan + boy.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

fanboys, fanboying, fanboyed, fanboyed
Base formfanboy · to fanboy
3rd person singularfanboys
Present participlefanboying
Past simplefanboyed
Past participlefanboyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfanboy
he, she, itfanboys

Past simpleLesson

all personsfanboyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fanboyed
he, she, ithas fanboyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fanboy

Word family

2 related words
Relatedgeekotaku

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fanaticC1fanaticalfanaticismfancifulC1fancyB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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