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bolo
1[ boh-loh ]
noun
- a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
bolo
2[ boh-loh ]
noun
- a soldier who does not meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
- a clumsy or incompetent soldier.
verb (used without object)
- to fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
bolo
3[ boh-loh ]
noun
BOLO
4[ boh-loh ]
abbreviation for
- be on the lookout: an instruction or warning to law enforcement personnel, or sometimes to the general public, to be watchful for the appearance of a criminal suspect or criminal activity:
The police issued a BOLO at 2:14 p.m., just moments after the robbery was reported.
bolo
/ ˈbəʊləʊ /
noun
- a large single-edged knife, originating in the Philippines
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Example Sentences
Shulman said he learned about the existence of a BOLO list, a police term for “be on the lookout for,” in the spring of 2012.
Then rumors swirled Wednesday that Dutschke had skipped town, and the cops had a BOLO (be on the lookout) for his van.
In his bolo tie and cowboy hat, Coleman was not afraid to offer this un-PC lyric: “Hey Indian dude … don’t cope a ‘tude.”
Its clothing hung on it in tatters, and the exposed flesh was bolo-gashed and briar-torn.
The dead man bore no bolo gashes, and the wound which had disabled him had been only a bullet through one shoulder.
Haciendas of loyal Spaniards and Ilacanos were raided, and their people put to the bolo.
Upon a table was placed a skull, a loaded revolver and a bolo.
His companion, a young woman in a long fur coat, was laying about her with a native bolo-knife.
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