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HOBO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hoboes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places

Synonyms:

hobo; migrant worker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hobo" is a kind of...):

temp; temporary; temporary worker (a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vagrant

Example:

he tried to help the really down-and-out bums

Synonyms:

bum; hobo; tramp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hobo" is a kind of...):

clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hobo"):

dosser; street person (someone who sleeps in any convenient place)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb hobo

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