bozo

(redirected from bozos)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms.

bo·zo

 (bō′zō)
n. pl. bo·zos Slang
1. A fellow; a guy.
2. A dunce; a fool.
[Earlier, a stupid, muscular fellow, of unknown origin (later influenced in meaning by the character of Bozo the Clown, introduced by Capitol Records in 1946 to market records for children ).]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bozo

(ˈbəʊzəʊ)
n, pl -zos
slang US a man, esp a stupid one
[C20: of uncertain origin; perhaps based on beau]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bo•zo

(ˈboʊ zoʊ)

n., pl. -zos. Slang.
1. a fellow, esp. a stupid one.
2. a rude or annoying person.
[1915–20, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bozo - a man who is a stupid incompetent foolbozo - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose
fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
2.bozo - an informal term for a youth or manbozo - an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
guy, hombre, cat
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
Spanish / Español
Select a language:

bozo

[ˈbəʊzəʊ] N (esp US) → imbécil mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bozo

[ˈbəʊzəʊ] n (= idiot) → andouille f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bozo

n (US) → (primitiver) Kerl (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Now bozos like Johnson and Raab are threatening to throw the constitutional baby out with the Brexit bathwater.
Tories are Oliver's army in disguise
Ukraine elected a comedian as president, a move which looks eminently sensible compared to our Brexit bozos.
Ann, that's a step too far; NOT
Do we need to shoot Bozos? Or instead allow the 'Kipling' in us to bring gentleness back into the strangers we meet everyday?
Not an elephantine task..!
Writing to entrepreneurs he coined the phrase, "Don't let the bozos grind you down." Mr.
DON'T LET THE BOZOS GRIND YOU DOWN
A defector from Homa Bay county took time off his schedule to mobilise an attack through his untethered online bozos on Okech.
Jubilee needs more than sycophants
It's Belfast Hates Visitors Day, when you drive in and discover the city is in lockdown so a bunch of arrogant, self-important bozos can march about everywhere.
Sorry to rain on parades.
Nice work, bozos. It's a series on the up, though, despite vile Janice Dickinson, with Fatman Scoop calling the world's neediest couple, X Factor's Stevi Ritchie and Chloe Jasmine, "the Jay-Z and Beyonce of the house".
BIG BRUV GETTING TOO FARRAH FETCHED
tuRbo tuRbo 15 MINUTES TCM 10.55PM Fame is the spur for East European bozos chased through New York City by cop Robert De Niro in a furious satirical thriller that picks up the blazing gauntlet thrown down by Natural Born Killers.
TUESDAY
I had never met anyone like either of those two bozos. I was twenty-two.
Larry bell
The business--combining animation, licensing of the character and personal appearances--made millions, as Harmon trained more than 200 Bozos over the years to represent him in local markets.
Harmon promoted Bozo brand
Originally published in 2005 by Doubleday with the subtitle Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity.
Freedom of expression; resistance and repression in the age of intellectual property
Bozos called for women who dare to feed their infants anywhere other than in a dark room be sent to the House of Jezabels.
WE'VE SCOT STAMINA TO COME FROM BEHIND

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?