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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024boss1 /bɔs, bɑs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who employs or superintends workers:He was my boss for four years.
- Governmenta politician who controls a party organization:the boss of the South Side.
- a person who is in charge: Who's the boss in this house?
v. - to be master of or over;
control:[~ + object]likes to boss the show. - to order around in an unfriendly and arrogant way: [~ + object + around]She likes to boss her kids around.[~ + [around + object]to boss around the kids.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024boss1 (bôs, bos),USA pronunciation n. - a person who employs or superintends workers;
manager. - Governmenta politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
- a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.:My grandfather was the boss in his family.
v.t. - to be master of or over;
manage;
direct;
control. - to order about, esp. in an arrogant manner.
v.i. - to be boss.
- to be too domineering and authoritative.
adj. - chief;
master. - Slang Termsfirst-rate.
- Dutch baas master, foreman
- 1640–50, American.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged supervisor, head, foreman, chief, superintendent, administrator, overseer.
boss2 (bôs, bos),USA pronunciation n. - Botanya protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
- Geologya knoblike mass of rock, esp. an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
- an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.;
stud. - Architecture
- Architecturean ornamental, knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives.
- Architecturea stone roughly formed and set in place for later carving.
- Printing[Bookbinding.]one of several pieces of brass or other metal inset into the cover of a book to protect the corners or edges or for decoration.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a small projection on a casting or forging.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.
v.t. - Architectureto ornament with bosses.
- Fine Artto emboss.
- Building(in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.
- Vulgar Latin *bottia, of uncertain origin, originally
- Anglo-French: lump, growth, boil; Old French
- Middle English boce 1250–1300
- a familiar name for a calf or cow.
- compare dialect, dialectal (SW England) borse, boss, buss six-month-old calf 1790–1800, American.
- Scottish Termshollow;
empty.
- of obscure origin, originally 1505–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: boss /bɒs/ informal n - a person in charge of or employing others
- chiefly US a professional politician who controls a party machine or political organization, often using devious or illegal methods
vb - to employ, supervise, or be in charge of
- usually followed by around or about: to be domineering or overbearing towards (others)
adj - slang excellent; fine: a boss hand at carpentry, that's boss!
Etymology: 19th Century: from Dutch baas master; probably related to Old High German basa aunt, Frisian baes master boss /bɒs/ n - a knob, stud, or other circular rounded protuberance, esp an ornamental one on a vault, a ceiling, or a shield
- an area of increased thickness, usually cylindrical, that strengthens or provides room for a locating device on a shaft, hub of a wheel, etc
- an exposed rounded mass of igneous or metamorphic rock, esp the uppermost part of an underlying batholith
vb (transitive)- to ornament with bosses; emboss
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French boce, from Vulgar Latin bottia (unattested); related to Italian bozza metal knob, swelling |