Bo
[bәu]
Definition
(interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
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Definition
interj. a word used to frighten children.—To say bo to a goose to open the mouth to say even a word.
Checker: Max
Examples
- It was one of these missions which carried that cutting of the Bo Tree, of which we have already told, to Ceylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why, I didn't think he could say Bo to a goose'--but I know he could, couldn't he, Mamma? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was called the Bo Tree. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why, Zoe wouldn't look at him; and if that good-looking young bo'swain comes on the scene, I'm afraid old Cyclops' chance will be but a poor one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In an air-tight or bo x-chamber he inhaled great quantities of the supposedly dangerous gas. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The fellow has not pluck enough to say Bo to a goose. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- About Zoe, sir, answered the bos'n innocently. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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