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boss
  1. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
  2. (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
  3. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
  4. (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
  5. (archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
  6. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
  7. A head or reservoir of water.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The boss would walk into the kitchen and tell me that I was paid to wash dishes, and not to listen to that rock and roll.”
boss
  1. A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
  2. A person in charge of a business or company.
  3. A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
  4. The head of a political party in a given region or district.
  5. (informal, especially India) A term of address to a man.
  6. (video game) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
  7. (humorous) Wife.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The boss would walk into the kitchen and tell me that I was paid to wash dishes, and not to listen to that rock and roll.”
bossiness
  1. pushiness, cockiness, forwardness, bumptiousness
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her bossiness made it difficult for others to collaborate with her.”
      “What they had experienced previously as nagging was clearly based on the fear that she had always covered up by apparent control and bossiness.”
      “We recognize that selfish careerism, command-and-control bossiness, and short-sighted quick fixes are poisonous to a team's spirit.”
bossism
  1. (politics) The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss)
  2. Examples:
    1. “To say that people ought not run and that people ought to get out of this race is bossism that belongs in the other party.”
      “The monopoly in politics, or bossism, may possibly be abolished by direct legislation or by proportional representation.”
      “Lincoln Steffens's magnificent book, The Shame of the Cities, denounced the bossism and corruption of early twentieth-century American cities.”
bossling
  1. (pejorative) A diminutive, subordinate, or petty boss
bosset
  1. (zoology) A rudimentary antler of a young male deer.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Imhof R, Glattli H and JO Bosset Volatile organic aroma compounds produced by thermophilic and mesophilic mixed strain dairy starter cultures.”
      “Anne Bosset was born in Kenya, and spent much of her childhood in Japan and New Zealand.”
boss
  1. (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The boss would walk into the kitchen and tell me that I was paid to wash dishes, and not to listen to that rock and roll.”
bossing
  1. (architecture) A boss; a projecting element.
bossy
  1. (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
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bossies
  1. plural of bossy
bossyboots
  1. (informal) A bossy person.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In a world filled with bossyboots barging about and ego heat approaching nuclear intensity, appoint yourself your only boss.”
      “We in this country have had enough of a bossyboots Government that interferes in people's lives.”
      “This know-all, bossyboots Government has said that people should not have the money, and that they must have a holiday.”
bossdom
  1. The realm or sphere of bosses.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They are moreover the common enemies of both parties, that is, of bossdom in both parties.”
      “The very qualities which projected her into bossdom, mitigated her chances of marriage.”
      “Humility, or at least the appearance of humility, seemed to be a lesson in bossdom. ”
bossinesses
bosslings
  1. plural of bossling
bossisms
  1. plural of bossism
bossings
  1. plural of bossing
bossets
  1. plural of bosset
bosses
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