Bo
intj, name, noun, particle, phrase, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Fellow, chap, boy. US, slang
"‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’"
- 2 A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
- 3 Initialism of body odor or body odour. abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, informal, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of business object. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"A business object (BO) is simply a software abstraction of a real-world entity."
- 5 Initialism of box office. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"The film is expected to gross more than $100 million at the domestic BO."
- 1 Initialism of bind off. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 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."
- 1 Final interrogative particle, used to invite agreement. Singlish, interrogative
"Swee bo?"
- 2 Final interrogative particle, forming a yes-no question from a declarative statement. Singlish, interrogative
- 1 Initialism of best of Often directly precedes an odd number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Best-of-three (bo3) Group Stage Match Information"
- 1 A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.; A male given name from the Germanic languages
- 2 A city in Sierra Leone.
- 3 Synonym of Bomu (“Gur language”).
- 4 Initialism of BusinessObjects, a French enterprise software company specializing in business intelligence. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
- 5 A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.; A male given name from French, variant of Beau; A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard
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- 6 A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.; A male given name from French, variant of Beau; A diminutive of the male given name Beaumont
Example
More examples"Hong Myong Bo is a great player."
Etymology
Imitative.
Probably a shortening of boy.
From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (baewng^X, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).
From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô).
Initialism of best of.
Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.
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