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Bo

//boʊ// intj, name, noun, particle, phrase, verb, slang

Intj

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."

Proper Noun

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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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

Noun

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."

Particle

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

Phrase

1
Initialism of best of Often directly precedes an odd number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Best-of-three (bo3) Group Stage Match Information"

Verb

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of boy.

Etymology 3

From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (baewng^X, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).

Etymology 4

From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô).

Etymology 5

Initialism of best of.

Etymology 6

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.

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