bolo

noun

Definition of bolonext
as in machete

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolo
  1. machete
  2. bayonet
  3. dagger
  4. knife
  5. pocketknife
  6. stiletto
  7. cutlass
  8. cutter
Noun
  • Almost a year after his death, one of his former friends – the one who’d kept a machete beside his bed – was still bitterly haunted.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That same year, 16 people were killed after a Uyghur attacked dozens of Chinese police officers with a dump truck and machetes.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of machete
Noun
  • Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.
    City News Service, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Our Most Popular Stories of 2021 This year, readers were into peanut butter and jelly, semi-conductors, bayonets, Victorian knitting manuals, plus the hard-working dogs of Medieval Europe.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of bayonet
Noun
  • The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of dagger
Noun
  • Well, some customers like to break it apart in other ways or slice it at home by knife.
    Miami Herald File, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
  • After the bar closes, Jimenez prepares to kill Tommy with a knife.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of knife
Noun
  • At the Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia, a pocketknife was found shoved inside someone’s shoe.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?
    Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of pocketknife
Noun
  • And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Sky-high stilettos meet gorgeous, expansive vistas in this glossy ode to excess.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of stiletto
Noun
  • The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
    Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Definition of cutlass
Noun
  • The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of cutter
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