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boss
1[ baws, bos ]
noun
- a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
Synonyms: overseer, administrator, superintendent, chief, foreman, head, supervisor
- a 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.
- (in a video game or role-playing game) a powerful nonplayer character, often appearing at the end of a level or at the end of the game, who must be defeated in order for a player to move on to a new level or to win the game (often used attributively): Your objective for this boss-level event is to survive several waves of zombie attacks.
Is there a trick to beating the final boss?
Your objective for this boss-level event is to survive several waves of zombie attacks.
verb (used with object)
- to order about, especially in an arrogant manner.
verb (used without object)
- to be boss.
- to be too domineering and authoritative.
adjective
- Slang. first-rate.
boss
2[ baws, bos ]
noun
- Botany, Zoology. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
- Geology. a knoblike mass of rock, especially an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
- an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.
- Architecture.
- an ornamental, knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives.
- a stone roughly formed and set in place for later carving.
- 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.
- Machinery. a small projection on a casting or forging.
- Nautical. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.
verb (used with object)
- to ornament with bosses.
- to emboss.
- (in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.
boss
3[ bos, baws ]
noun
- a familiar name for a calf or cow.
BOSS
1/ bɒs /
acronym for
- Bureau of State Security; a branch of the South African security police
boss
2/ bɒs /
noun
- a person in charge of or employing others
- a professional politician who controls a party machine or political organization, often using devious or illegal methods
verb
- to employ, supervise, or be in charge of
- usually foll byaround or about to be domineering or overbearing towards (others)
adjective
- slang.excellent; fine
that's boss!
a boss hand at carpentry
boss
3/ bɒs /
noun
- a knob, stud, or other circular rounded protuberance, esp an ornamental one on a vault, a ceiling, or a shield
- biology any of various protuberances or swellings in plants and animals
- an area of increased thickness, usually cylindrical, that strengthens or provides room for a locating device on a shaft, hub of a wheel, etc
- a similar projection around a hole in a casting or fabricated component
- an exposed rounded mass of igneous or metamorphic rock, esp the uppermost part of an underlying batholith
verb
- to ornament with bosses; emboss
boss
4/ bɒs /
noun
- a calf or cow
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Example Sentences
After the video of the James incident went viral overnight, Smith said, “the bosses at ESPN” told him to address the matter.
His death comes ten years after the disappearance of his younger brother, Robert Maldera, another mafia boss reportedly nicknamed "the madman" by members of Grenoble's criminal underworld.
"If we are being honest in this moment, everybody, me, all the players, we are underperforming this season," said the former Sporting boss.
On “The Apprentice,” Trump was depicted as a larger-than-life, wildly successful and decisive boardroom boss, who ad-libbed what would become the show’s catchphrase, “You’re fired.”
They turned to Brown - then the boss of a sports marketing agency called JMI, and well known in F1 as a deal maker and sponsor finder.
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