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bo¹

  • /bəʊ/ UK
  • /boʊ/ US

Sounds like beau, Bo, bow · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Imitative.

interjection boh · boo

  1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten. We may fairely cry bo-bo-boe; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.

bo²

  • /bəʊ/ UK
  • /boʊ/ US

Sounds like beau, Bo, bow · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Probably a shortening of boy.

noun bos

  1. US, slang Fellow, chap, boy. ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’

bo³

  • /bəʊ/ UK
  • /boʊ/ US

Sounds like beau, Bo, bow · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (baewng^X, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).

noun bos

  1. A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

bo⁴

  • [boː˨˦] Singapore, interrogative
  • /bəʊ/ UK
  • /boʊ/ US

Sounds like beau, Bo, bow · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô).

particle

  1. Singapore, Singlish, interrogative Final interrogative particle, used to invite agreement. Swee bo?
  2. Singapore, Singlish, interrogative Final interrogative particle, forming a yes-no question from a declarative statement.

bo⁵

  • /bəʊ/ UK
  • /boʊ/ US

Sounds like beau, Bo, bow · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Initialism of best of.

phrase

  1. Singapore, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of best of: Often directly precedes an odd number.best of Best-of-three (bo3) Group Stage Match Information

Bo⁶

Where it comes from

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Beaumont

Bo⁷

proper noun

  1. A city in Sierra Leone.
  2. A district (Bo District) in Southern Province, Sierra Leone. Capital: Bo.

Bo⁸

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Bomu (“Gur language”).

BO⁹

noun BOs

  1. abbreviation, euphemistic, informal, initialism, uncountable Initialism of body odor or body odour.body odor or body odour
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of business object.business object A business object (BO) is simply a software abstraction of a real-world entity.
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of box office.box office The film is expected to gross more than $100 million at the domestic BO.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bronchiolitis obliterans.bronchiolitis obliterans

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of BusinessObjects, a French enterprise software company specializing in business intelligence.BusinessObjects

verb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of bind off.bind off

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