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Noun
/ˈbōlō/,
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bolos, plural;
  1. A large single-edged knife used in the Philippines

  1. bolo tie: a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
  2. long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
  3. An all-points bulletin (APB) is a broadcast issued from one US law enforcement agency to another. It typically contains information about a wanted suspect who is to be arrested or a person of interest, for whom law enforcement officers are to look. They are usually dangerous or missing persons. ...
  4. Bolo is a computer game for the Atari ST using the high resolution monochrome monitor. It is unrelated to the tank game of the same name, and is instead seen as a Breakout clone.
  5. Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso, aka Bolo (born March 5, 1974 in Bilbao, Biscay), is a Spanish footballer, who played as a centre forward.
  6. A Bolo is a fictional type of artificially intelligent superheavy tank. They were first imagined by Keith Laumer, and have since been featured in science fiction novels and short story anthologies by him and others.
  7. Bolo is a video game created for the BBC Micro computer by Stuart Cheshire in 1987, and later ported to the Macintosh in its most popular incarnation. Most recently a Windows clone named Winbolo was developed by John Morrison. ...
  8. A bolo is a large cutting tool similar to the machete, used particularly in the jungles of Indonesia, the Philippines, and in the sugar fields of Cuba. The primary use for the bolo is clearing vegetation, whether for agriculture or during trail blazing.
  9. (Bolos) Volos (Βόλος) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia prefecture.
  10. An All-Points Bulletin (APB) with information to pick up an individual
  11. n: Police acronym for "Be On the Look Out."
  12. A weighted pouch, which is connected to a slender line, which when slung underhand or overhead may be thrown to another vessel.
  13. failure to qualify for marksmanship rating; see MAGGIE'S DRAWERS, GROUP TIGHTENER, BULL'S-EYE, POINT-BLANK. Also, a single-edge jungle knife, often with blunt or rounded tip and curved blade, originating in the Philippines; see BANANA BOLO, MACHETE, KNIFE. ...
  14. A generic term for a sword or a chopper in the Philippines.
  15. Drunk, wasted, tipsy. Synonym of "Penca" and "Talega"
  16. A camo-pattern inflatable toy Raptor, who is simultaneously ferocious, feisty, and completely harmless.
  17. A braided leather loop worn about the neck and adorned with a slide, (an ornament of silver, stone or other material fastened so that it slides up under the chin), leaving the two leather ends hanging.
  18. (US Army) 1. a slur the early twentieth century for recruits who could not attain an adequate degree of marksmanship. It comes from the idea that they should grab a bolo and attack hand-to-hand. 2. Be On the Look Out
  19. Be On The Lookout. Not really used anymore, except in episodes of The West Wing.
  20. bolo is pronounced BOH-low. It is short for "Bolívar" which is the currency of Venezuela.
  21. Mass soft and rounded, usually food, which swallows. (Bolo)