Booed vs Boloed - What's the difference?
booed | boloed |
(boo)
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Sam Sheringham
, title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton
, work=BBC
To shout extended boos derisively.
* 2004 , The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
To derisively shout extended boos at.
(bolo)
A long, heavy, single-edged machete ().
A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide ().
A request for law enforcement officers to B'e '''O'''n the ' Lo okout for a suspect.
Designating a type of punch; an uppercut.
*1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 141:
*:He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.
To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
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*:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
As verbs the difference between booed and boloed
is that booed is (boo) while boloed is (bolo).booed
English
Verb
(head)boo
English
Etymology 1
Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin .Interjection
(en interjection)Noun
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Verb
(en verb)- When he took the podium, the crowd booed .
- Nobody booed and nobody clapped
- The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.