Boss
[bɒs] or [bɔs]
Definition
(noun.) a person responsible for hiring workers; 'the boss hired three more men for the new job'.
(noun.) a person who exercises control and makes decisions; 'he is his own boss now'.
(adj.) exceptionally good; 'a boss hand at carpentry'; 'his brag cornfield' .
Editor: Sheldon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
(n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
(n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
(n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
(n.) A head or reservoir of water.
(v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
(n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
Editor: Olaf
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part.[2]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman.
v. a. [1]. Stud, cover with bosses.[2]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Direct, oversee, superintend.
Editor: Theresa
Definition
n. a knob or stud: a raised ornament.—v.t. to ornament with bosses.—adj. Boss′y having bosses.—p.adj. Bossed embossed.
n. the chief or leader: the master manager or foreman: the person who pulls the wires in political intrigues.—adj. chief: excellent.—v.t. to manage or control.—To boss the show to be supreme director of an enterprise.
Checker: Lola
Examples
- The modern boss, on the other hand, shelters behind legal forms which he has got hold of and uses for his own ends. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is as true of the high politics of Isaiah as it is of the ward boss. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I remember once speaking to a local boss about woman suffrage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A boss was telling a governor how to extend his power. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Friends of boss. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After a while we took it as a matter of course that the head of a company was an administrative dummy, with a dependence on unofficial power similar to that of Governor Dix on Boss Murphy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He knew how the boss worked, how he organized his power. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You cannot beat the bosses with the reformer's taboo. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But already before the time of these cultivated Medici bosses, Florence had produced much beautiful art. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That's Captain L****, the owner of the ship--he's one of the main bosses. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Ethelred