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bolo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bo?.lo?/
- Rhymes: -??l??
Etymology 1
From Philippine Spanish [Term?].
Noun
bolo (plural bolos)
- A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- (attributive) a type of punch; an uppercut.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 141:
- He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 141:
See also
- golok (Indonesian)
- machete
- parang
- itak (Filipino)
- tabak (Filipino)
- sundang (Filipino)
Verb
bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
- To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
Etymology 2
Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.
Noun
bolo (plural bolos)
- A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
Verb
bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
- To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
Etymology 3
From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).
Noun
bolo (plural bolos)
- A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
Verb
bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
- (transitive, nonce word) To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
- Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
Etymology 4
An acronym of Be on the lookout.
Alternative forms
- BOLO
Noun
bolo (plural bolos)
- (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
Synonyms
- all-points bulletin, APB
References
- “bolo” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- Lobo, bloo, bool, lobo, loob, obol
Bambara
Noun
bolo
- (anatomy) arm, hand
References
- Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Galician
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?lo?/
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- sand lance (Ammodytes)
- Synonym: areeiro
Etymology 2
From bola (“piece of bread”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bolo?/
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- bun, roll
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:
- Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo
- For this you must use egg, roasted till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it
- Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:
- piece of bread
- 1396, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 449:
- daredes hun dia de seara de cada anno en a nosa granja de Vales, e hun bolo de triigo
- and you'll give a day of work each year at our farm of Vales, and a piece of wheat bread
- daredes hun dia de seara de cada anno en a nosa granja de Vales, e hun bolo de triigo
- 1396, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 449:
- ball of butter
- Synonym: pela
- lump
- Synonym: grumo
- clod
- Synonym: terrón
- pebble
- Synonym: croio
Derived terms
- bolo do pote (“dumpling”)
- furabolos (“forefinger”, literally “bun-piercer”)
Related terms
- bola
References
- “bolo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “bolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “bolo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English bowl, French bol, German Bowle, Spanish bol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bolo/
Noun
bolo (plural boli)
- bowl
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin b?lus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek ????? (b?los, “clod, lump”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?.lo/
- Rhymes: -?lo
Noun
bolo m (plural boli)
- bolus
- cud
Anagrams
- lobo, oblò
Javanese
Noun
bolo
- Nonstandard spelling of bala.
Lingala
Etymology
From French bore.
Noun
bolo 9 (plural bolo 10, colloquial plural babolo 2)
- (chemistry) boron
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From bola.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?bolu/
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- (cooking) cake
- dessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations
- any of various snacks made with dough, both sweet and salty
- Synonym: bolinho
- bunch, heap, mass (load of some material or of beings)
- Synonyms: monte, amontoado
- a bunch of money
- prize, reward
- Synonyms: prêmio, recompensa
- (Brazil) something said or done to mislead or deceive
- Synonyms: enganação, burla
- (Brazil) disarray, disorder chaos
- Synonyms: desordem, caos, confusão
- (Brazil, slang) the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)
- Synonym: furo
Derived terms
- bolo alimentar / bolo alimentício
- bolo histérico
- dar o bolo
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: bolu
- Kabuverdianu: bolu
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Verb
bolo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of bolar
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
bolo (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- neuter singular active past participle of bosti
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bolo]
Participle
bolo
- neuter singular l-participle of by?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bolo/, [?bo.lo]
Etymology 1
From Latin bolus.
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- bolus
- (in the plural) bowling
Derived terms
Adjective
bolo (feminine bola, masculine plural bolos, feminine plural bolas)
- (colloquial, Central America) drunk
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho
Derived terms
- bolencia
Related terms
- bola
Etymology 2
Clipping of bolívar.
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- (Venezuela, slang) a bolívar (Venezuelan unit of currency)
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- (colloquial) gig
Etymology 4
From Tagalog bolo.
Noun
bolo m (plural bolos)
- (Philippines) bolo (long, single-edged machete)
Further reading
- “bolo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog
Noun
bolo
- bolo (long, single-edged machete)
See also
- gulok
Ternate
Conjunction
bolo
- or
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.
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bloo
English
Adjective
bloo
- Eye dialect spelling of blue.
Verb
bloo
- Eye dialect spelling of blew.
Anagrams
- BOLO, Lobo, bolo, bool, lobo, loob, obol
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- bloh (variant spelling)
- blau (some dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)
Etymology
From Middle High German bl?, from Old High German bl?o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl??/
Adjective
bloo (masculine blohe, feminine bloo, comparative bloher, superlative et blooste)
- (many dialects) blue
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