bolo

See also: BOLO

English

bolo machetes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.loʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Etymology 1

From Philippine (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish.

Noun

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 2010, p. 141:

     He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.

See also

• golok (Indonesian)
• machete
• parang
• tabak (Filipino)

Verb

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

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

Noun

bolo (plural bolos)

1. 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)

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

Etymology 3

From Argentine (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

Noun

bolo (plural bolos)

1. 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)

1. (transitive, nonce word) To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
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     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)

1. (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

Noun

bolo

1. arm

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Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlo̝/

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. sand lance (Ammodytes)

   Synonym: areeiro

Etymology 2

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

Bolos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolo̝/

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. 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

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

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, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “bolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

Noun

bolo (plural boli)

1. bowl

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔlo

Noun

bolo m (plural boli)

1. bolus
2. cud

Anagrams

• lobo, oblò

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Javanese

Noun

bolo

1. Nonstandard spelling of bala.

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Lingala

Etymology

From French bore.

Noun

bolo class 9a

1. boron

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Portuguese

bolo (1.1)

Etymology 1

From bola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolu/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• bolo alimentar / bolo alimentício
• bolo histérico
• dar o bolo

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bolu
• Kabuverdianu: bolu

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

bolo

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Slovak

Participle

bolo

1. neuter singular l-participle of byť

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolo/ [ˈbo.lo]

Etymology 1

From Latin bolus.

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. bolus
2. (in the plural) bowling

Derived terms

• corbata de bolo

 

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial, Central America) drunk

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Derived terms

• bolencia

Related terms

• bola

Etymology 2

Clipping of bolívar

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. (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)

1. (colloquial) gig

Etymology 4

From Tagalog bolo.

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

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

Further reading

• “bolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Noun

bolo

1. bolo (long, single-edged machete)

See also

• gulok

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Ternate

Conjunction

bolo

1. or

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.