Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a boss or bosses; specifically, in ship-building, swelled out or enlarged to form a boss or rounded protuberance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Embossed; also, bossy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
boss .
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Examples
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Here he was, subject to the caprice and ill-will of a sour and miserly Senior Warden, and a cowed and at least partially "bossed" vestry -- and he, the rector, with no practical power of appeal for the enforcement of his legal contract.
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Not every child can have these blessings of the country, but every child can be protected from the stifling of the nature instinct of play by formal indoor "bossed" exercises, whether called games, physical training, gymnastics, or Delsarte.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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It "bossed," by establishing a superiority of numbers, the Standing Committee.
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That is nine-tenths of the secret of "bossed" politics -- the sheer vanity of being on the inside, "in the know."
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Talbot Mundy 1909
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She had "bossed" Miss Salome for years, and both knew that in the end the damsons would be baked, but the argument had to be carried out for dignity's sake.
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He said he would not stay there to be "bossed" by Timothy.
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That he resented being "bossed" by a woman, that her superior quickness of mind and energy vexed him and that one day he would try to master her.
The Beach of Dreams 1907
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I'm only wishing I could come here and be 'bossed' by you until I could hold my own against any weather.
The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Hamlin Garland 1900
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She had a great belief in her daughter and admired her cleverness, and she was always ready to be ruled by her; it was like being "bossed" by the man she had lost.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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She had a great belief in her daughter and admired her cleverness, and she was always ready to be ruled by her; it was like being "bossed" by the man she had lost.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
vendingmachine commented on the word bossed
Some phenotypes (characteristics) of people who have Russell–Silver syndrome are inadequate catch-up growth in the first two years, body asymmetry, lack of appetite, low-set posteriorly rotated ears, clinodactyly* (inward curving) of the 5th finger, webbed toes, non-descended testicles, weak muscle tone, delayed bone age, downturned corners of mouth and thin upper lip, hypospadias, high-pitched voice, small chin, delayed closure of the fontanel, hypoglycemia, and a bossed forehead.
January 18, 2020
bilby commented on the word bossed
One day we need to discuss vendingmachine's obsession with ears.
January 18, 2020
bilby commented on the word bossed
Tyop also, spelling should be clinodactyly. To be pronounced like Ned Flanders says okely dokely.
January 18, 2020