hobo
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈhəʊ.bəʊ//
- États-Unis//ˈhoʊ.boʊ//
- Australie//ˈhəʉ.bəʉ//
A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
nom
- 1
A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.
- 2
Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- 3
A kind of large handbag.
Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.
Étymologie
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).
verbe
- 1
To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
Formes
- pluriel
- hobos, hoboes
- passé
- hoboed
- participe passé
- hoboed
- participe présent
- hoboing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- hobos
hobo · A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
hockey · Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to…Hockey · A surname.Hodges · A surname originating as a patronymic.