bo
see also: Bo, BO
Interjection
Bo
Proper noun
BO
Noun
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see also: Bo, BO
Interjection
- An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
- We may fairely cry bo-bo-boe; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.
bo (plural bos)
- (US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 255:
- ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 255:
bo (plural bos)
- (martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
Bo
Proper noun
- A male given name in occasional use since the 1970s.
- A city in Sierra Leone.
BO
Noun
bo (uncountable)
- (informal, euphemism) Initialism of body odor
- (business, computing) Initialism of w:Business Objects a French enterprise software company specializing in business intelligence
- (business) BOBJ
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