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- Regno Unito//ˈbəʊ.ləʊ//
- Stati Uniti//ˈboʊ.loʊ//
A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
sostantivo
- 1
A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- 2
A type of punch; an uppercut.
He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.
Etimologia
From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo.
verbo
- 1
To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.
sostantivo
- 1
A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
Etimologia
Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.
verbo
- 1
To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
sostantivo
- 1
A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
Etimologia
From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).
verbo
- 1
To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
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.
sostantivo
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A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
Etimologia
An acronym of be on the lookout.
Forme
- plurale
- bolos
- passato
- boloed
- participio passato
- boloed
- participio presente
- boloing
- 3ª persona singolare
- bolos