Noun: bozo bow-zow
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Someone who is a stupid incompetent fool
"Don't be such a bozo; think before you act";
- fathead [informal], goof [informal], goofball [N. Amer, informal], jackass [informal], goose [informal], cuckoo [informal], zany [informal]
- An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
"there were two women and six bozos on the bus";
- man, adult male, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], sod [informal], chappie [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: bozos
Type of: adult, boofhead [Austral, informal], charlie [Brit, informal], diddy [Brit, informal], dill [Austral, NZ, informal], drongo [Austral, NZ, informal], fool, galah [Austral, informal], grownup, juggins [Brit, informal], jughead [N. Amer, informal], male, male person, mampara [S.Africa, informal], meathead [informal], moegoe [S.Africa, informal], muggins [Brit, informal], nit [Brit, informal], sap [N. Amer, informal], tomfool
Encyclopedia: Bozo, The World’s Most Famous Clown