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bolos

bolos is the plural of bolo.

Meaning of bolo

Noun (1)

bolo (plural bolos)

  1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
  2. (attributive) 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.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 141

Noun (2)

bolo (plural bolos)

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

Noun (3)

bolo (plural bolos)

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

Noun (4)

bolo (plural bolos)

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

See all 10 meanings of bolo

Noun capitalized: BOLOs

BOLOs

  1. (plural) plural of BOLO

Proper noun capitalized: Bolos

Bolos

  1. An ancient town in Turkey.

Questions about bolos

What does bolos mean?
Bolos means an ancient town in Turkey.
What is bolos the plural of?
Bolos is the plural of bolo.
What part of speech is bolos?
Bolos can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near bolos in the dictionary

  1. boloneys
  2. Bolongan
  3. Bolonka
  4. Bolonkas
  5. bolons
  6. bolos
  7. Bolosan
  8. bolosaurid
  9. bolosaurids
  10. Bolotești
  11. Bolotin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolos (page history and authors); BOLOs (page history and authors); Bolos (page history and authors); bolo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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