boss

See also: Boss, BOSS, and boß

boss - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation): IPA: /bɒs/
  • (General American): IPA: /bɔs/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada): IPA: /bɑs/

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

  1. A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
  2. A person in charge of a business or company.
    • Synonym: employer
    • Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
    • My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
  3. A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
    • Synonyms: head, leader
    • They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
  4. The head of a political party in a given region or district.
    • Synonym: leader
    • He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
  5. (informal, especially India and MLE) A term of address to a man.
    • Yes, boss.
  6. (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
  7. (humorous) Wife.
    • There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from boss (noun, etymology 1)

Descendants

  • Cantonese: 波士 (bo1 si6-2)
  • Japanese: ボス (bosu)
  • Indonesian: bos

Translations

Verb

boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)

  1. (transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

boss (not comparable)

  1. (slang, US, Canada, Liverpudlian) Of excellent quality, first-rate.
    • That is a boss Zefron poster.

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

  1. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
    1. (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
    2. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
    3. (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
    4. (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
  2. (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
  3. 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.
  4. A head or reservoir of water.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Bulgarian: изпъкналост (bg) f (izpǎknalost), издатина (bg) f (izdatina)
  • German: Bund (de) m, Kragen (de) m, Überstand m, Vorsprung (de) m, Stulp m, Sockel (de) m
  • Irish: mol m
  • Russian: вы́ступ (ru) m (výstup)

Verb

boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

  1. (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

Synonyms

Translations

  • German: Sitzkissen (de) n, Polsterhocker m, Fußstütze (de) f

Anagrams

boss - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɔs/

Noun

boss m or f by sense (plural boss or bosses)

  1. boss (leader)
  2. (video games) boss

boss - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbɔs/
  • Hyphenation: bòss

Noun

boss m (invariable)

  1. boss (leader of a business, company or criminal organization)

boss - Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • bøss

Noun

boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)

  1. garbage, rubbish, trash (leftover waste to be discarded)

Usage notes

Used mainly in the Bergen region.


Noun

boss m (definite singular bossen, indefinite plural bosser, definite plural bossene)

  1. (colloquial) boss, supervisor (someone who oversees work)
  2. boss (final enemy in a video game)

boss - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɔsː/

Noun

boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)

  1. alternative form of bos

boss - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɔs/
  • Syllabification: boss

Noun

boss m pers

  1. (colloquial) boss (supervisor)
  2. (video games) boss (enemy in a video game)

Declension

singular plural
nominative boss bossowie
genitive bossa bossów
dative bossowi bossom
accusative bossa bossów
instrumental bossem bossami
locative bossie bossach
vocative bossie bossowie

boss - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bos/

Noun

boss m (uncountable)

  1. boss

Declension

singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boss bossul
genitive/dative (unui) boss bossului
vocative bossule

boss - Swedish

Noun

boss c

  1. (video games) boss; final enemy
  2. (colloquial) boss, supervisor; someone who oversees work

Declension

Declension of boss 

Hyponyms

boss - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbos/, [ˈbos]

Noun

boss

  1. Alternative spelling of bos
Meaning and Definition of boss
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