bool

See also: boól and bóol

English

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

Noun

bool (plural bools)

(programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
- 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems:
  The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]
- 2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++:
  With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]
- 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008:
  Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

Derived terms

tribool

Etymology 2

Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool.

Verb

bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)

(slang) To relax or hang out (especially with someone).
I'm going to go bool with the boys.
- 2017 November 27, “I'm A Dog”, in Dotarachi HD Reloaded‎^[1], performed by S Dot:
  You want a war, steady coming for the team / I'm just booling with my dogs, don't make me let 'em off the leash
- 2018 March 13, Tara C. Mahadevan, “YG Reps His Set in the New Video for "Suu Whoop"”, in Complex‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-11-26:
  YG's starting the year strong with a new video for his 2018 single "Suu Whoop," released on Tuesday. In the gritty visual, we see the L.A. native booling with his friends in his city’s streets, in cars, outfitted in red clothing.
- 2019, Jeffery Epro, quotee, “Make Way for the Seniors!”, in Leominster High School Magnet, number 149, Leominster, M.A.: Leominster High School, page 28:
  Memories: going undefeated with MZ in round net against DA, ZM, JS, and FL. Playing soccer with a great group of dudes. Booling with BTY.
- 2020 November 6, Doe Boy, Southside (lyrics and music), “7 Days a Week”, in Demons R Us‎^[3]:
  I'm drunk as fuck, booling with a couple racks on me (Freebandz) / All black Hellcat, Doja Cat mad at me (Boom)
- 2022 March 11, Kimberly Wipfler, quoting Beckett Morris, “New Coffee/Gathering Space Is Buzzing”, in New Haven Independent‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-04-26:
  I appreciate how a lot of the people here care about similar social issues that I do. I can come here to bool and be my stupid self, but also I could come to have a conversation about how big corporations are gaslighting us into thinking that we are the problems in climate change.

References

“bool, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
“bool, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, lobo, loob, obol

Afar

**Afar numbers ^(edit)**
← 90	← 99	100	1,000 → ^{[a], [b]}
		10
Cardinal: bóol Ordinal: boolháytu

Etymology

Related to Somali boqól and Saho bool.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboːl/ [ˈboːl]
Hyphenation: bool

Noun

bóol m

hundred

Usage notes

When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
Bóol númu. ― A hundred people.
When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of bóol

absolutive

bóol

predicative

bóolu

subjective

bóol

genitive

bóol

Postpositioned forms
l-case	bóolul
k-case	bóoluk
t-case	bóolut
h-case	bóoluh

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bool”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197

Bwatoo

Etymology

From English ball.

Noun

bool

ball
(especially) a cricket ball

Synonyms

balo

References

Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin bōlus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boːl/
Hyphenation: bool
Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

bool m (uncountable)

(obsolete) a type of fat clay
Synonym: bolus

Scots

Noun

bool (plural bools)

(Doric Scots) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).

References

“bool”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.