bo

• POS: Interjection, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

bo, interj. [Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or frightening; n., terror, fear, dread.].

 An exclamation used to startle or frighten.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bo, abbr. colloq. body odour.

bo, int. = BOO.

bo, n. US colloq. (as a form of address) pal; old chap.

Etymology

19th c.: perh. f. BOY

THESAURUS

bo

bad breath, bad smell, beaded brow, beads of sweat, body odor, cold sweat, diaphoresis, exudate, exudation, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, foul breath, foul odor, frowst, graveolence, halitosis, honest sweat, lather, malodor, mephitis, miasma, nidor, noxious stench, offensive odor, perspiration, perspiration odor, reek, reeking, rotten smell, stench, stench of decay, stink, streams of sweat, sudor, sudoresis, sweat, swelter, water

ROGET THESAURUS

bo

Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.