1boss1 (bɒs
) informal
Definitions
noun
- a person in charge of or employing others
- mainly US 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 by around or about to be domineering or overbearing towards (others)
adjective
- slang excellent; fine ⇒
a boss hand at carpentry
that's boss!
Word Origin
C19: from Dutch baas master; probably related to Old High German basa aunt, Frisian baes masterSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
manager,
head,
leader,
director,
chief,
executive,
owner,
master,
governor,
employer,
administrator,
supervisor,
superintendent,
gaffer,
foreman,
overseer,
kingpin,
big cheese,
baas,
numero uno Mister Big
sherang,
= be in charge
run,
control,
manage,
direct,
employ,
command,
oversee,
supervise,
take charge
call the shots,
call the tune,
superintend,
administrate,
2boss2 (bɒs)
Definitions
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 (tr)
- to ornament with bosses; emboss
Word Origin
C13: from Old French boce , from Vulgar Latin bottia (unattested); related to Italian bozza metal knob, swelling3boss3 (bɒs) or bossy
Definitions
noun
Word forms: plural, bosses, bossies
- a calf or cow
Word Origin
C19: from dialect buss calf, perhaps ultimately from Latin bōs cow, oxBOSS (bɒs)
Definitions
noun acronym for
(formerly)- Bureau of State Security; a branch of the South African security police
Translations
- British English:
boss
Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.He cannot stand his boss.bɒs NOUN He cannot stand his boss.
- Spanish:
jefe
nm jefa
- French:
patron
nm
- German:
Boss
nm Bosse
- Chinese: 上司 n
- Arabic: زَعيم n
- Portuguese: chefe n
- Russian: шеф nm
- Croatian: gazda nm
- Czech: šéf nm šéfová
- Danish: chef nutr
- Dutch: baas nm
- Finnish: pomo n
- Greek: αφεντικό nnt
- Italian: capo nm
- Japanese: ボス n
- Korean: 우두머리 n
- Norwegian: sjef nm
- Polish: szef nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: chefe n
- European Spanish:
jefe
nm jefa
- Swedish: chef nutr
- Thai: เจ้านาย n
- Turkish: patron n
- Vietnamese: ông chủ n
Usage examples
The four clerks ' faces appeared at the window, the boss at the end with his gut flattened against the glass.
, BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)But the Crazy Horse guitarist found a lasting way to give his boss the bird.
Maxim (2004)"His advisers say they have not seen their boss cross about anything yet.
Irish Times (2002)Hacker could face jail over web crusade Teenager sent Viagra to Microsoft boss Gates
Glasgow Herald (2001)TCI wasn't the high-technology colossus that its mercurial boss , John Malone, claimed it was.
, DOT.CON (2001)