boss: Meaning and Definition of

boss

1. a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
2. a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss in his family.

1. to be master of or over; manage; direct; control.
2. to order about, esp. in an arrogant manner.

1. to be boss.
2. to be too domineering and authoritative.

1. chief; master.
2. first-rate.

boss

1. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
2. a knoblike mass of rock, esp. an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
3. an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.
1. an ornamental, knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives.
2. a stone roughly formed and set in place for later carving.
5. one of several pieces of brass or other metal inset into the cover of a book to protect the corners or edges or for decoration.
6. a small projection on a casting or forging.
7. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.

1. to ornament with bosses.
2. to emboss.
3. (in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.

boss

1. a familiar name for a calf or cow.

boss

1. hollow; empty.