bolo

- 5 dictionary results

bo⋅lo

1 [boh-loh]

–noun, plural -los.

a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.

Origin:
1900–05; < Philippine Sp; further orig. uncert.

2 [boh-loh]

noun, plural -los, verb, -loed, -lo⋅ing. U.S. Military Slang.

–noun

1.	a soldier who does not meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

Origin:
1915–20; said to be after Bolo Pascha (d. 1918), German agent in France during World War I

3 [boh-loh]

–noun

–noun

a necktie of thin cord fastened in front with an ornamental clasp or other device.

Also called bolo, bola.

Origin:
1960–65; bolo, appar. an error for bola, after the tie's resemblance to a bola

bo·lo (bō'lō)

n. pl. bo·los
A long, heavy, single-edged machete originally used in the Philippines.

[Spanish, of Philippine origin.]

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