B.O.

noun

malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe

• Syn: ↑body odor, ↑body odour

• Hypernyms: ↑malodorousness, ↑stinkiness, ↑foulness, ↑rankness, ↑fetidness

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1. Board of Ordnance.

2. Informal. body odor.

3. Theat. box office.

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abbrev

1. Body odour (also B.O.)

2. Box office

3. Branch office

4. Buyer's option

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bo¹ «boh», interjection.

an exclamation used to startle; boo.

╂[imitative]

bo² «boh», noun.

U.S. Slang. a hobo.

╂[< hobo]

b.o.,

1. branch office.

2. buyer's option.

B.O.,

1. body odor.

2. box office.

B/O or b/o (no periods),

Bookkeeping. brought over.