bolo

noun

1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
2. (attributive)A type of punch; an uppercut.

   “He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.”

3. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
4. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
5. (US)A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
6. (US, abbreviation, acronym)A broadcast issued from a law enforcement agency to others, typically containing information about a wanted suspect, a person of interest, or a related vehicle.

   “Police had issue^([sic – meaning issued]) a BOLO alert for Brown and the children when he suddenly arrived in the emergency room of Central Florida Regional Hospital, looking for his wife.”

   “Freeman was able to locate the male and recognized him from a BOLO.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Bolshevik.

   “[G]round strafing, however, was as exciting as in France, particularly when it was carried out dozens of miles behind the Bolo lines.”

verb

1. (transitive)To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.

   “"In the first place," began Drina, "you are to lie down flat on the floor and creep about and show us how the Moros wriggle through the grass to bolo our sentinels." […] 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.”

2. To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
3. (nonce-word, transitive)To dress (somebody) in a bolo.

   “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.”

name

1. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.