Definitions for BOSS

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BOSS boss

Spelling: [baws, bos]

IPA: /bɔs, bɒs/

Boss is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in BOSS (boss).

Definitions for BOSS

noun

1. a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
2. a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.:
4. Botany, Zoology. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
5. Geology. a knoblike mass of rock, especially an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
6. an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Machinery. a small projection on a casting or forging.
10. Nautical. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.
11. a familiar name for a calf or cow.

adjective

1. chief; master.
2. Slang. first-rate.
3. hollow; empty.

verb (used with object)

1. to be master of or over; manage; direct; control.
2. to order about, especially in an arrogant manner.
3. to ornament with bosses.
4. to emboss.
5. (in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.

verb (used without object)

1. to be boss.
2. to be too domineering and authoritative.

Origin of BOSS

1640-50, Americanism; Dutch baas master, foreman

Examples for BOSS

He soon saw that the great Bull, 'the boss of the bunch,' was covered with blood.

I later told my boss about what had happened, but she told me that I probably misunderstood the situation.

Like his boss al-Baghdadi, he was captured by U.S. forces and served time in Camp Bucca.

Scrutinizing the lines on your face, she strokes your cheek and asks if your boss is working you too hard.

Their boss wouldn't let 'em say a word and you'd lose your chance of watching 'em.

I begin to sympathize with the boss, because I know what he felt when I ballyragged him for copy.

Why can't we do a bit for ourselves over this; it won't hurt the boss none.

His sensitivity to this problem came out in his first sharp disagreement with his boss, VMI superintendent Francis H. Smith.

"Here's a letter from me boss, sor," he blurted out, holding it toward me.

Based on the hat he had created for himself, Stetson made a version called “The boss of the Plains.”