Definition of "bolo"

bolo¹

/ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/

noun
plural bolos
1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
2. (attributive) a type of punch; an uppercut.
  Quotations
  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, published 2010, page 141
verb
third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed
1. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

/ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/

noun
plural bolos
1. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb
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.

/ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/

noun
plural bolos
1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb
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.
  Quotations
  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.
  1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company

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