Bolo

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Bolo may be:

• Bolo bat, a child's toy
• Bolo knife, a Filipino machete used for agricultural purposes and as a weapon
• Bolo punch, a wide sweeping lower cut used in boxing
• Bolo tie, decorative string with an ornament clasp worn around the neck, worn in the American West, also known as a bola tie
• a community or tribe in bola'bola (1983), by Swiss author P.M. (author)
• Bolo, a slang term for Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War
• Bolo, a slang term for testicles which originates from the Samoan language

In military:

• Bolo Shell, a type of specialty shotgun shell
• B-18 Bolo, a United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft from the 1930s
• Operation Bolo, a United States military operation during the Vietnam War

In places:

• Bolo, Central African Republic
• Bolo, Ethiopia, a village in Ethiopia
• Bolo, Tibet, a township in Tibet
• O Bolo, Galicia, Spain
• Viana do Bolo, Galicia, Spain

In people:

• Bolo Yeung, Chinese actor and martial artist
• Bolo (footballer), a Spanish footballer
• Bolo, nickname for Roberto Luongo, a goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League
• "Bolo" Whistler, alternative name for Lashmer Whistler, British General of the Second World War

In science fiction:

• Bolo (tank), a type of enhanced artificially intelligent tank appearing in the science fiction of Keith Laumer

In gaming:

• Bolo (video game), a computer game in which players battle each other with tanks, named after the Hindu word for "communication"
• Bolo (breakout clone), an enhanced clone of the classic Breakout computer game for the Atari ST

Acronyms:

• All-points bulletin, an acronym used by law enforcement for "Be on the lookout"

[edit] See also

• Bollo
• Bolas, a throwing rope with weights at both ends to entangle prey

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Bolo: a particular type of idiot or loser who has ardent believes that he or she is a winner, but in reality is a loser.