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Bozo

Definition: Bozo

Bozo

Noun

1. A man who is a stupid fool.

2. An informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Bozo

Synonyms: cat (n), cuckoo (n), fathead (n), goof (n), goose (n), guy (n), hombre (n), jackass (n), twat (n), zany (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bozo

Specialty definitions using "bozo": bozotic. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Bozo" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (down, halter).

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Modern Usage: Bozo

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Eat flame, Bozo! (Girls Just Want to Have Fun; writing credit: Amy Spies)

He won't take old Bozo, my lead dog. (The Fatal Glass of Beer; writing credit: Beulah Marie Dix; Bertram Millhauser)

Let's dance, Bozo. (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini)

No! Bozo the Clown (Night of the Creeps; writing credit: Fred Dekker)

And that's Mr. Bozo, okay (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin)

Movie/TV Titles

Bozo the Clown (1960)

What a Bozo! (1931)

The Beloved Bozo (1925)

Bozo Arrives (1913)

The Bozo Super Sunday Show (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bozo

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bozo is a Dog (reference)

  • Bozo the Clone (The Zack Files) (reference)

  • How to Steer Clear of a Bozo and Stay Away From the Circus (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bozo

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Mali

The Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole, and Dogon are farmers; the Fulani, Maur, and Tuareg are herders; while the Bozo are fishers. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

On July 29, native Baoule attacked Malian Bozo fishermen in Bouafle and killed two Bozos. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The Baoule fishermen, who resented the presence of the Malians, burned two Bozo settlements. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bozo

"Bozo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Bozo" is used about 10 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)80%8124,375
Noun (proper)20%2245,945
                    Total100.00%10N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bozo

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bozo

158

bozo palhaço

5

bozo the clown

128

bozo criminal day

4

truckin bozo

39

bozo picture

4

bozo trucking

34

bozo clown does shoes size wear

4

bozo the clown picture

17

bozo clown pic

3

bozo circus porn

14

bozo clown shoes size

3

bozo laura

10

bizarre bozo

2

bozo show

9

bozo.com truckin

2

bozo criminal

7

bozo wgn

2

bozo porn

6

aeton bozo dave

2

bozo guitar

5

bozo clown show tv

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bozo

Language Translations for "bozo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

βλάκας (ass, dimwit, fool, idiot, nitwit), μπούφος (eagle owl), χαζός (dumb, fool, foolish, silly, stupid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bolond ember (coot, fool, jackass, nut, wacko, whacko). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ozobay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

субъект (subject), 'тип'. (various references)

   

Thai

  

คนโง่ (apeth, berk, birdbrain, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpole, div, doughnut, dove, dummy, dunce, featherbrain, fool, half-wit, ignoramus, loon, muddlehead, mug, muggins, muppet, mut, nerd, nincompoop, nit, noddy, oaf, schlepp, silly, simp, simple, simpleton, thicko). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

herif (blighter, bloke, bugger, Buster, cove, cuss, customer, Dick, dog, fellow, guy, Johnny, josser, mug, sod, stooge, varlet), adam (bean, bird, Buster, chap, cookie, cooky, cuss, Dick, dog, employee, feller, fellow, fellow man, guy, Jack, joker, man, person). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bozo

Derivations

Words beginning with "bozo": bozos. (additional references)

Words ending with "bozo": rebozo. (additional references)

Words containing "bozo": rebozos. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bozo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benzo, beso, bezo, Bezu, Biozorb, biso, Bizzi, bizzo, bobo, Bobzao, bodo, bodz, bofo, bojo, Bomza, bonzo, booz, Borzov, Boskop, boso, bosox, bouzah, Bouzi, boxo, boyo, boz, boze, bozie, bozin, bozom, Bozon, bozou, bozy, bozz, Bozza, Bozzi, Bozzie, bozzo, Bozzy, brooz, Broso, Brotzu, buoz, buso, buza, buzi, Buzu, bz, Mboso, obizzi, ozo, ozu, sozo, Yozo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bozo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-o-o-z"

-1 letter: boo, zoo.

-2 letters: bo.

 Words containing the letters "b-o-o-z"
 

+1 letter: bazoo, booze, boozy, bozos.

 

+2 letters: bazoos, boozed, boozer, boozes, borzoi, rebozo.

 

+3 letters: bazooka, bazooms, boozers, boozier, boozily, boozing, borzois, rebozos.

 

+4 letters: bazookas, booziest, bouzouki, bryozoan, robotize, zoophobe.

 

+5 letters: bamboozle, bouzoukia, bouzoukis, bryozoans, robotized, robotizes, zebrawood, zoophobes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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