Definitions for bosses
bosses
boss
Spelling: [baws, bos]
IPA: /bɔs, bɒs/
Bosses is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 45 anagrams from letters in bosses (beosss).
Definitions for bosses
noun
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a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
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a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
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a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.:
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Botany, Zoology. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
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Geology. a knoblike mass of rock, especially an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
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an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.
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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.
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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.
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Machinery. a small projection on a casting or forging.
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Nautical. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.
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a familiar name for a calf or cow.
adjective
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chief; master.
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Slang. first-rate.
verb (used with object)
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to be master of or over; manage; direct; control.
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to order about, especially in an arrogant manner.
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to ornament with bosses.
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to emboss.
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(in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.
verb (used without object)
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to be boss.
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to be too domineering and authoritative.
Origin of bosses
1640-50, Americanism; Dutch baas master, foreman
Examples for bosses
The two bosses are accused not only of killing Kajiwara, but also of violating the firearms laws.
Was it, as some former employees allege, that the bosses bit off more than they could chew?
“I like to see men loyal to their bosses,” he said good-naturedly.
We're going to stand together, we won't let the bosses split us apart.
When he attacked “bosses” and “political machines,” he made sure to denounce “demagogues” and “fanatics” in the next sentence.
bosses should not make passes At gals who work as lower classes.
We should call them "bosses," but the Romans called them "triumvirs."
Will not political manipulators and bosses betray their trusts?
Such radical ideas did not sit well with the bosses of the Republican machine.
He ran for the state assembly and upon reaching Albany immediately led a rebellion against the bosses of his own party.