Meaning of boss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
2. A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
   obsolete
3. A surname
4. chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization
5. Initialism of Bond and Option Sales Strategy.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A surname.
7. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
8. A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
9. A person in charge of a business or company.
10. To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner: bossing us around.
11. boss; supervisor; manager
12. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
13. First-rate; topnotch.
14. colonel; major; rank between captain and general
15. A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
16. A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
17. A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
18. To emboss.
19. chief
20. The head of a political party in a given region or district.
21. A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
22. A cow or calf.
23. A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
    India, Multicultural-London-English, Philippines, especially, informal
24. A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
25. a familiar name for a calf or cow.
26. An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
27. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
28. A small mass of intrusive igneous rock with a circular surface.
29. One's wife.
    humorous
30. A head or reservoir of water.
31. Slang. Exceptionally good of its kind:ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.
32. the master or manager. the boss of the factory. baas, bestuurder رِئيس دَيْر шеф patrão šéf der Chef chef; boss προϊστάμενος, αφεντικόjefe boss, peremees رئیس؛ مدیر pomo patron/-onne בּוֹס बॉस gazda főnök, tulaj majikan verkstjóri, yfirmaður capo, padrone ボス 우두머리 šeimininkas, vadovas, viršininkas saimnieks; uzņēmējs; meistars; vadītājs; boss ketua besar baassjef, leder, pampszef ریس ، مدیر patrão şef, patron начальник šéf šef šef chef, bas, boss เจ้านาย patron, âmir 老闆 хазяїн; господар حاکم ،...
33. (usually with about/around) to order. Stop bossing everyone about! baasspeel يَتَرَأَّس، يَصْدِرُ الأوامر ръководя, заповядвам mandar řídit (koho), poroučet (komu) herumkommandieren koste rundt med; jage rundt med δίνω διαταγές mandar kamandama تحکم کردن komentaa mener à la baguette לַתֵת הוֹרָאוֹת रोब गांठना zapovijedati uralkodik (vkin, vmin) / skipa fyrir (frekjulega) comandare いばりちらす 쥐고 흔들다 komanduoti, nurodinėti komandēt; izrīkot (kādu) mengarah commanderenbeordre, sjefe komenderować, ro...
    usually with
34. liking to order others about. baasspelerige مُتَراِس، مُتَسَلِّط، مُحِبٌّ لأعطاء الأوامر обичащ да заповядва mandão pánovitý herrisch kommanderende αυταρχικόςmandón kamandav پر مدعا؛ ارباب منش komenteleva autoritaire מִתנָהֵג כְּמוֹ בּוֹס हुक्म चलाने का शौकीन zapovjednički parancsolgató suka memerintah ráðríkur autoritario 親分ぶる 위세 부리는 mėgstantis nurodinėti komandējošs; valdonīgs suka mengarah bazigdominerende, sjefete, pampeteapodyktyczny ارباب، له توقع ډک mandão autoritar начальственный pano...

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Examples

“The boss of the company was going to Spain for work.”

“February 18, 2018, Dawn Pine, Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss we have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.”

“Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.”

“My boss complains that I'm always late to work.”

“"Our Boss has resigned!" said Joe Chandler slowly, impressively. "No! Not the Commissioner o’ Police?" exclaimed Bunting.”

“They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.”

“He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.”

“Good to see you, boss.”

“Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work.”

“There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.”

“The seargent […] screwing a bipod into the threaded boss on the underside of the barrel would kill these animals […]”

“Boss, a short trough for holding water, when tiling the roof”

“All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss.”

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