(lads)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A lad is a young man or boy. (INFORMAL)
When I was a lad his age I would laugh at the strangest things...
Come along, lad. Time for you to get home.
N-COUNT; N-VOC
2.
Some men refer to their male friends or colleagues as the lads. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...a drink with the lads...
N-PLURAL: the N