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HOBO
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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:
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:
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
