Bolo
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Bolo may be:
- Bolo Shell, a type of specialty shotgun shell
- Bolo (self-aware tank), a type of enhanced artificially intelligent tank appearing in the science fiction of Keith Laumer. The word was vaguely taken from the US Army use.
- Bolo (computer game), a computer game in which players battle each other with tanks.
- B-18 Bolo, a United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft from the 1930s.
- Bolo knife, a machete used for agricultural purposes and as a weapon.
- Bolo punch, a wide sweeping uppercut used in boxing.
- Bolo tie, a decorative string with an ornament clasp worn around the neck, worn in the American West.
Bolo may also be:
- Bolo, a kind of Portuguese sweet bread .
- Bolo, a slur in the US Army from the early twentieth century for recruits who could not attain an adequate degree of marksmanship. It comes from the idea that they should grab a bolo and attack hand-to-hand.
- Bolo, a slang term for Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, as they were not trained in professional armies and yet quite violent.
- BOLO, an acronym used by law enforcement for "Be On The Lookout".
See also:
- Bolas, a throwing rope with weights at both ends to entangle prey.