Bolo

Full definition of bolo

Noun

1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete (Bolo knife).
2. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide (Bolo tie).
3. A request for law enforcement officers to Be On the Lookout for a suspect.
4. Designating 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.

Verb

1. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
• 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 1/2, Selwyn …, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around...to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure...and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

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