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English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.loʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Etymology 1

From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo.

Noun

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bolo knife

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bolo punch

Wikipedia

bolo (plural bolos)

A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
(attributive) A type of punch; an uppercut.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 141:
  He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.

Verb

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)

(transitive) To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, pages 13–14:
  "In the first place," began Drina, "you are to lie down flat on the floor and creep about and show us how the Moros wriggle through the grass to bolo our sentinels." […] 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 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

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bolo tie

Wikipedia

bolo (plural bolos)

A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

Derived terms

bolo tie

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.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  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

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Bambara

Etymology

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan bólo.

Noun

bolo

(anatomy) arm, hand

References

Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlo/ [ˈbɔ.lʊ]
Rhymes: -ɔlo
Hyphenation: bo‧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): /ˈbolo/ [ˈbo.lʊ]
Rhymes: -olo
Hyphenation: bo‧lo

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

bun, roll
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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
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
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

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bolo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN