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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A long, heavy, single-edged machete originally used in the Philippines.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A long knife resembling a Cuban machete, used in the Philippine Islands, for domestic and agricultural purposes, and in war.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A long, heavy, single-edged machete (Wikipedia).
  2. n. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide (Wikipedia).
  3. n. A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
  4. n. Designating a type of punch; an uppercut.
  5. v. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Phil. Islands A kind of large knife resembling a machete.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
  2. n. a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie

Etymologies

  1. Spanish, of Philippine origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Surrounded by guests in bolo ties, I watch, transfixed.”

    Thai Noon

  • “Or, same university, new music ensemble conductor in bolo tie and hendrix tee.”

    Archive 2007-08-01

  • “The bolo is the only tool necessary to cut and strip the bejuco, which he ties into bunches of one hundred and takes into his hut for safety until such a time as a trade can be made.”

    Negritos of Zambales

  • “The bolo, which is much heavier than an ordinary sword, measures 24 inches from tip of handle to tip of blade, and is forged from a piece of file steel.”

    Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

  • “A bolo is a braided leather lariat that loops under a shirt's collar like a tie and is held in place at the neck by a decorative buckle.”

    superfuture :: supertalk

  • “But you have to wear a "bolo" tie to work. guest, Jul 10, 2009 3: 44PM”

    Dealbreaker

  • “The bolo is a lot less formal than the conventional European silk necktie.”

    superfuture :: supertalk

  • “There was Nadal, up a break of serve and whipping bolo forehands as he tried to gain a foothold in the match.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Tennis's Djokovic Complex

  • “Obama refused to accept this late-20th-century model of racial politics, and he had no intention of fighting the general election with the same bolo punches and taunts that had stopped working decades ago.”

    Race Over?

  • “Mr. Cowher has to return all those bolo ties he ordered online.”

    The Wall Street Journal: In Dallas, Stars Are Again Aligned

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. knife
  1. tie
  1. necktie

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  1. snap-on
  2. sequoia
  3. brown-striped
  4. narwhale
  1. thin-bladed
  2. laksa
  3. clip-on
  4. gri
  1. bullfiddle
  2. military-industrial
  3. kipper
  4. iconographic

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. bola tie
  1. boloman
  1. bolo knife
  1. sundang

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  • fbharjo Be On the LookOut Apr 17, 2009

  • yarb Leonard is slashing at the vines and creepers with his sharp bolo.

    - William Steig, The Zabajaba Jungle Oct 5, 2008

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