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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BO

exclam.A word of terror; a customary sound uttered by children to frighten their fellows.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BO

Bo, interj. Etym: [Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or frightening; n., terror, fear, dread. ]

 

Defn: An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh and boo. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

BO

BO |ˈoʊ | abbreviation informal body odor. best offer. box office. back order. (also B /O or b /o ) (in bookkeeping ) brought over.

 

bo

bo abbreviation best offer.

 

bo

bo 2 |bəʊ | noun US informal used as a friendly form of address. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps an abbreviated form of boy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

BO

BO |biːˈəʊ | abbreviation informal body odour.

 

bo

bo 1 |bəʊ | exclamation another term for boo 1. ORIGIN late Middle English: imitative.

 

bo

bo 2 |bəʊ | noun US informal used as a friendly form of address. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps an abbreviated form of boy .

 

Duden Dictionary

Substantiv, feminin , die |B ö |die Bö; Genitiv: der Bö, Plural: die Böen niederdeutsch bui, buy, böi < niederländisch bui, Herkunft ungeklärt plötzlicher, heftiger Windstoß

 

Sanseido Dictionary

BO

BO black out 灯火管制 停電 。通信途絶 。また ,舞台効果の一で ,照明を突然消すこと 。

 

BO

BO brought over 簿記で ,繰り越し

 

BO

BO Republic of Bolivia ボリビア ISO の国 地域コードの一 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

BO

BO B.O.⦅話 ⦆body odo (u )r ; box office .