lad is one of the 1000 most common headwords. labour - lad - lady Pronunciation IPA (key): /læd/ Audio (US)(file) Noun Singular lad Plural lads (countable) A boy. Why aren't you lads in school? (countable) Sometimes, people call a man a lad when they know that person well. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads