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billboard
[
bil
-bawrd
,
-bohrd
]
Origin
Los Angeles Billboards
www.advertiseonbillboards.com
One Stop for Outdoor Advertising in Los Angeles & Southern CA
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bill·board
1
/
ˈbɪlˌbɔrd
,
-ˌboʊrd
/
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[
bil
-bawrd
,
-bohrd
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a flat surface or
board
,
usually outdoors, on
which
large advertisements or notices are posted.
verb (used with object)
2.
to place, advertise, proclaim, etc., on or as if on a billboard:
The movie was billboarded as the year's biggest hit.
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Billboard
is one of our favorite verbs.
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lollygag
. Does it mean:
to bark; yelp.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to spend time idly; loaf.
to flee; abscond:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to spend time idly; loaf.
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Origin:
1850–55,
Americanism
;
bill
1
+
board
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bill·board
2
/
ˈbɪlˌbɔrd
,
-ˌboʊrd
/
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[
bil
-bawrd
,
-bohrd
]
Show IPA
noun
Nautical
.
anchor bed.
Origin:
1855–60;
bill
3
+
board
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billboard
1
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
—
n
another name for
hoarding
[C19: from
bill
1
+
board
]
billboard
2
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
—
n
a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
[C19: from
bill
² +
board
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
billboard
1851, Amer.Eng., from
bill
(1) +
board
. Any sort of board where bills were meant to be posted.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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