bool

See also: bo̧o̧ļ, boól, and bóol

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

Noun

bool (plural bools)

1. (programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
   • 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems:

     The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]

   • 2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++:

     With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]

   • 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008:

     Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

Derived terms

• tribool

Etymology 2

Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool.

Verb

bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)

1. (slang) To relax or hang out (especially with someone).

   I'm going to go bool with the boys.

   • 2017 November 27, “I'm A Dog”, in Dotarachi HD Reloaded‎, performed by S Dot:

     You want a war, steady coming for the team / I'm just booling with my dogs, don't make me let 'em off the leash

   • 2018 March 13, Tara C. Mahadevan, “YG Reps His Set in the New Video for "Suu Whoop"”, in Complex‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     YG's starting the year strong with a new video for his 2018 single "Suu Whoop," released on Tuesday. In the gritty visual, we see the L.A. native booling with his friends in his city’s streets, in cars, outfitted in red clothing.

   • 2019, Jeffery Epro, quotee, “Make Way for the Seniors!”, in Leominster High School Magnet, number 149, Leominster, M.A.: Leominster High School, page 28:

     Memories: going undefeated with MZ in round net against DA, ZM, JS, and FL. Playing soccer with a great group of dudes. Booling with BTY.

   • 2020 November 6, Doe Boy, Southside, “7 Days a Week”, in Demons R Us‎:

     I'm drunk as fuck, booling with a couple racks on me (Freebandz) / All black Hellcat, Doja Cat mad at me (Boom)

   • 2022 March 11, Kimberly Wipfler, quoting Beckett Morris, “New Coffee/Gathering Space Is Buzzing”, in New Haven Independent‎, archived from the original on 26 April 2022:

     I appreciate how a lot of the people here care about similar social issues that I do. I can come here to bool and be my stupid self, but also I could come to have a conversation about how big corporations are gaslighting us into thinking that we are the problems in climate change.

References

• “bool, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “bool, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, lobo, loob, obol

Afar

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Cardinal: bóol     Ordinal: boolháytu

Etymology

Related to Somali boqól and Saho bool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːl/ [ˈboːl]
• Hyphenation: bool

Noun

bóol m 

1. hundred

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Bóol númu. ― A hundred people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of bóol
absolutive	bóol
predicative	bóolu
subjective	bóol
genitive	bóol
Postpositioned forms l-case bóolul k-case bóoluk t-case bóolut h-case bóoluh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bool”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197

Bwatoo

Etymology

From English ball.

Noun

bool

1. ball
2. (especially) a cricket ball

Synonyms

• balo

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish boell, from Proto-Celtic *beyatlis (derived from *binati (“to strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“strike”)). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Irish biail, and Welsh bwyell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːl/

Noun

bool f (plural bolyow or bolow)

1. axe, chopper, hatchet

Derived terms

• bolik (“small axe”)

Mutation

Mutation of bool

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bool	vool	unchanged	pool	fool	vool

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin bōlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːl/
• Hyphenation: bool
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

bool m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (obsolete) a type of fat clay

   Synonym: bolus

Scots

Noun

bool (plural bools)

1. (Doric Scots) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).

References

• “bool”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.