BOLOとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo.

名詞

bolo (plural bolos)

1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
2. (attributive) A type of punch; an uppercut.
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 141:

     He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.

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動詞

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)

1. (transitive) To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, pages 13–14:

     "In the first place," began Drina, "you are to lie down flat on the floor and creep about and show us how the Moros wriggle through the grass to bolo our sentinels." […] 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.

語源 2

Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.

名詞

bolo (plural bolos)

1. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.

動詞

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)

1. To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

語源 3

From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

名詞

bolo (plural bolos)

1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

派生語

• bolo tie

動詞

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)

1. (transitive, nonce word) To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     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.

語源 4

An acronym of be on the lookout.

別の表記

• BOLO

名詞

bolo (plural bolos)

1. (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.

同意語

• all-points bulletin, APB

参照

• “bolo”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

アナグラム

• Lobo, bloo, bool, lobo, loob, obol