English

bolo machetes

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.
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter I”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     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 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 Spanish boleadora ‎(“lariat”).

Noun

bolo ‎(plural bolos)

1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

Etymology 4

An acronym of Be on the lookout.

Noun

bolo ‎(plural bolos)

1. A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.

References

• “bolo” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Anagrams

• bool

Bambara

Noun

bolo

1. arm

Ido

Noun

bolo (plural boli)

1. bowl

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

Portuguese

bolo

Etymology

From bola.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbolu/

Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)

1. cake

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: bolu

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin bolus.

Noun

bolo m ‎(plural bolos)

1. bolus
2. (in the plural) bowling

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) drunkard

Related terms

• bola

Etymology 2

A shortening of bolívar.

Noun

bolo m ‎(plural bolos)

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

Noun

bolo m ‎(plural bolos)

1. (colloquial) gig