Definition of bossa

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1. boss [ n ] a person who exercises control over workers
Examples: "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

Used in print:

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Let 's throw a_little nuclear hardware at them and show them who 's boss '' .

Show them who 's boss '' !

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

The Boss wants performance , not gripes .

Synonyms boss foreman chief honcho gaffer Related Terms leader supervisor straw_boss ganger baas

2. boss [ n ] a person responsible for hiring workers
Examples: "the boss hired three more men for the new job"

Used in print:

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

It all seemed - if one could have peeked in at him through one of his windows - as_though this broken nosed man with the muscular arms and wrestler 's neck was merely the caretaker trying his hand at the boss 's work .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

He evolved programs that plumbed new depths of bathos and besmirched whole networks , and quickly superseded his boss .

Synonyms boss hirer Related Terms employer guvnor old_man hire

3. boss [ a ] (of persons) highest in rank or authority or office
Examples: "his arch rival" "the boss man" "the chief executive" "head librarian" "top administrators"

Used in print:

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

`` Not a danged thing but rattlesnakes , so I reckon I 'll get the boss rattler to help me '' .

Getting the boss rattlesnake to help you '' ?

Synonyms top chief head boss arch Related Terms important

4. boss [ n ] a person who exercises control and makes decisions
Examples: "he is his own boss now"

Used in print:

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

But there is little doubt that in many marriages the wife is boss of the marital bed .

Synonyms boss Related Terms leader drug_baron

5. boss [ a ] (informal) exceptionally good
Examples: "a boss hand at carpentry" "his brag cornfield"

Synonyms brag boss Related Terms colloquialism superior

6. Boss [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3714

Synonyms Boss

7. boss [ n ] a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
Examples: "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"

Synonyms political_boss boss party_boss Related Terms politician

8. boss [ n ] a rounded projection or protuberance

Synonyms knob boss Related Terms projection knobble pommel nailhead emboss

9. boss [ v ] raise in a relief
Examples: "embossed stationary"

Synonyms emboss stamp boss Related Terms impress block relief knob stamp

10. boss [ n ] ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Synonyms boss rivet stud Related Terms decoration nailhead dot

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