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A boss can also be a brass eyelet on a sail. It is a generic term to describe an item designed to facilitate the use with, within, on or around another item whereby one cannot operate properly without the other. The word 'boss' is also often used to describe the end of a shaft on a boat to which a propeller might attach.
An American poster from the 1940s. A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position and role that is primarily based on authority over workers or a workplace. [1]
boss: the head of the family who runs the operation. [3] The boss also gets points from all family business; also see don, chairman. bridge: threat of death; e.g. "our former friend is walking across the bridge". button or becoming a button man: a mafia hit man; or someone who has become a made man.
"Boss", the bone shield of some adult Bovinae bull's horns, such as the African buffalo; Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family Ceratopsidae; Boss, the hub of a propeller; Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory; Hugo Boss, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
(informal) old man; (informal) boss; football manager (US: soccer coach); Also in US: (professional) chief electrician on a theatrical or film set. gangway * a path between the rows of seats in a theatre or elsewhere (US aisle; gangway is a naval command to make a path for an officer) gaol
boss the person you report to at work cool, totally awesome (slang) e.g. "That is a boss Zefron poster" bottle: courage ("he's got some bottle") (slang) (US: moxie) to fail to do something through fear ("he's bottled out", "he bottled it") (slang) to attack somebody with a broken bottle (slang) container for liquids
A boatswain (/ ˈ b oʊ s ən / BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also / ˈ b oʊ t s w eɪ n / BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.
Norwegian slang derived from Berber meaning "boss, head" Bears Slang term for the police (citizen's band radio slang), "Smokey Bear” in reference to the Highway Patrol campaign hats. Seldom derogatory; very common with truckers in the US. [citation needed] The Beast