BILBO

Definitions: BILBO

BILBO

Noun

1. A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.

2. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "BILBO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Specialty Definitions: BILBO

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bilbo A rapier or sword. So called from Bilba'o, in Spain, once famous for its finely-tempered blades. Falstaff says to Ford: "I suffered the pangs of three several deaths; first, an intolerable fright, to be detected ... next, to be compassed, like a good bilbo ... hilt to point, heel to head; and then ..."- Merry wives iii: 5. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: BILBO

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BILBO	English	Built-in logic block observer	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: BILBO

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BILBO

English words defined with "BILBO": Bilboes. (references)

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Modern Usage: BILBO

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Come on Sam Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I'm Mr. Bilbo Baggins, I've lost my dwarves, my wizard and my way. (The Hobbit; writing credit: J.R.R. Tolkien; Romeo Muller)
Song Titles	Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, The (performing artist: Leonard Nimoy)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BILBO

Domain	Title
Books	Arkitektura neoklasikoa Euskal Herrian : Bilbo, Donostia eta Gasteizen, 1990ko Urria eta 1991ko Martxoa bitartean, Eusko Jaurlaritzako Kultura Sailak egindako erakusketaren katalogoa = Arquitectura neoclâasica en el Paâis Vasco : catâalogo de la exposiciâ (reference) Bilbo, arte eta historia = Bilbao, arte e historia (reference) Bilbo, Le Hobbit (reference) Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal (reference) The Man Bilbo (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Bilbo [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: BILBO

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A Successful Operation By A "Bilbo" / A.D. Blashfield.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		General Marshall applauds Senators Connally, Bilbo, and Barkley.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BILBO

"BILBO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "BILBO" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	90%	18	82,615
Noun (singular)	10%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BILBO

The following table summarizes the usage of "BILBO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bilbo	Last name	1,000	15,268
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: BILBO

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "BILBO": bilbo-type.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BILBO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bilbo	63
bilbo baggins	40
baggins ballad bilbo	27
bilbo s	24
bilbo baggins picture	9
bilbo le hobbit	7
baggins bilbo leonard nimoy	5
baggins bilbo restaurant	4
baggins ballad bilbo leonard nimoy	3
bilbo theodore	3
bilbo the hobbit	3
baggins ballad bilbo lyrics	3
bilbo picture	3
alexandria baggins bilbo	2
the hobbit bilbo baggins	2
bilbo leonard nimoy	2
bilbo lord ring	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BILBO

Language		Translations for "BILBO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		вид сабя, окови (bond, chains, fetters, gyve, irons, jess, manacles, shackles, trammels). (various references)

Hungarian		hosszú tõr. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilbobay

Portuguese		espada (blade, broadsword, rapier, saber, sabre, skewer, steel, sword). (various references)

Russian		ножные кандалы. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		okovi s lancem. (various references)

Swedish		bojor (chains, gyve, irons, knot). (various references)

Ukranian		іспанський клинок. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BILBO

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BILBO": bilboa, bilboas, bilboes, bilbos. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BILBO"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "BILBO" (pronounced bi"lbō')
3	-l b ō'	elbow.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: BILBO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-b-i-l-o"
	-1 letter: blob, boil.
	-2 letters: bib, bio, bob, lib, lob, obi, oil.
	-3 letters: bi, bo, li, lo.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-i-l-o"
	+1 letter: bilboa, bilbos.
	+2 letters: bibelot, bilboas, bilboes, bilobed, bobtail, lobbied, lobbies, lobbing, nobbily.
	+3 letters: bibelots, bibulous, bilobate, blobbing, boatbill, bobbling, bobolink, bobtails, boilable, cobbling, globbier, gobbling, hobbling, lobbying, lobbyism, lobbyist, mailbomb, nobbling, obviable, slobbier, slobbish, snobbily, wobblier, wobblies, wobbling.
	+4 letters: bibliotic, billabong, billboard, boatbills, bobolinks, bobtailed, globbiest, hobgoblin, knobblier, lobbyisms, lobbyists, mailbombs, obbligati, obbligato, slobbiest, wobbliest.
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