bolo

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.

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.

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.

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.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     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.

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.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: bolu

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. bolus
2. (in the plural) bowling

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial, Central America) drunk; sloshed

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

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