• (British) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈboʊ.loʊ/

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 2010, p. 141:

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

bolo (bolos, present participle boloing; past and past participle boloed)

1. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

bolo (plural bolos)

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

bolo (bolos, present participle boloing; past and past participle boloed)

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

bolo (plural bolos)

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

bolo (bolos, present participle boloing; past and past participle boloed)

1. (transitive, nonce word) To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:

     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.

bolo (plural bolos)

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

• all-points bulletin, APB

• (America) IPA: /ˈboʊ.loʊ/

bolo (plural bolos)

1. (US law enforcement, acronym) A broadcast issued from a law enforcement agency to others, typically containing information about a wanted suspect, a person of interest, or a related vehicle.

• all-points bulletin, APB