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bolo

See also: Bolo and BOLO

English edit

 
bolo machetes

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

From Philippine Spanish bolo.

Noun edit

 
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bolo (plural bolos)

  1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
  2. (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.
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Verb edit

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

  1. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

Etymology 2 edit

Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.

Noun edit

bolo (plural bolos)

  1. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.

Verb edit

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

  1. To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

Etymology 3 edit

From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

Noun edit

 
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bolo (plural bolos)

  1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
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bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)

  1. (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 edit

An acronym of Be on the lookout.

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Noun edit

bolo (plural bolos)

  1. (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
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Bambara edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan bólo.

Noun edit

bolo

  1. (anatomy) arm, hand

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Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. sand lance (Ammodytes)
    Synonym: areeiro

Etymology 2 edit

From bola (“piece of bread”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

 
Bolos

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Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. ball of butter
    Synonym: pela
  4. lump
    Synonym: grumo
  5. clod
    Synonym: terrón
  6. pebble
    Synonym: croio
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References edit

  • “bolo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bowl, French bol, German Bowle, Spanish bol.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bolo (plural boli)

  1. bowl

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlo
  • Hyphenation: bò‧lo

Noun edit

bolo m (plural boli)

  1. bolus
  2. cud

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Javanese edit

Noun edit

bolo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bala.

Koasati edit

Noun edit

bolo

  1. bream

Lingala edit

Etymology edit

From French bore.

Noun edit

bolo class 9 (plural bolo class 10, colloquial plural babolo class 2)

  1. (chemistry) boron

Macanese edit

 
bolo

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bolo.

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Noun edit

bolo

  1. Alternative form of bôlo: cake

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Portuguese edit

 
bolo (1.1)

Etymology 1 edit

From bola. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -olu
  • Hyphenation: bo‧lo

Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. (cooking) cake
    1. dessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations
    2. any of various snacks made with dough, both sweet and salty
      Synonym: bolinho
  2. bunch, heap, mass (load of some material or of beings)
    Synonyms: monte, amontoado
    1. a bunch of money
  3. prize, reward
    Synonyms: prêmio, recompensa
  4. (Brazil) something said or done to mislead or deceive
    Synonyms: enganação, burla
  5. (Brazil) disarray, disorder chaos
    Synonyms: desordem, caos, confusão
  6. (Brazil, slang) the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)
    Synonym: furo
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Descendants edit
  • → Indonesian: bolu
  • Kabuverdianu: bolu
  • Macanese: bolo

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb edit

bolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bolar

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Participle edit

bolo (Cyrillic spelling боло)

  1. neuter singular active past participle of bosti

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

bolo

  1. neuter singular l-participle of byť

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbolo/ [ˈbo.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: bo‧lo

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin bolus.

Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. bowling pin
  2. bolus
  3. (in the plural) bowling
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Adjective edit

bolo (feminine bola, masculine plural bolos, feminine plural bolas)

  1. (colloquial, Central America) drunk
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho
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Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of bolívar.

Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. (Venezuela, slang) a bolívar (Venezuelan unit of currency)

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. (colloquial) gig

Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from Tagalog bolo.

Noun edit

bolo m (plural bolos)

  1. (Philippines) bolo (long, single-edged machete)

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Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbolo/, [ˈbo.lo]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧lo

Noun edit

bolo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. bolo (long, single-edged machete)

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Ternate edit

Conjunction edit

bolo

  1. or

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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