bolo
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Noun [edit]
bolo (plural bolos)
- A long, heavy, single-edged machete (Wikipedia).
- A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide (Wikipedia).
- A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
- Designating 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:
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Verb [edit]
bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
- To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set[1]:
- Selwyn …, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around […] to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure […] and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set[1]:
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Bambara [edit]
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bolo
Ido [edit]
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bolo (plural boli)
Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
Noun [edit]
bolo m (plural boli)
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Etymology [edit]
From bola.
Noun [edit]
bolo m (plural bolos)
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
bolo m (plural bolos)