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bolo

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  • Regno Unito//ˈbəʊ.ləʊ//
  • Stati Uniti//ˈboʊ.loʊ//

A long, heavy, single-edged machete.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A long, heavy, single-edged machete.

  2. 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. 1

    To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.

sostantivo

  1. 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. 1

    To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

Etimologia

From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

verbo

  1. 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

  1. 1

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

Etimologia

An acronym of be on the lookout.

Forme

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passato
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participio passato
boloed
participio presente
boloing
3ª persona singolare
bolos
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