bola

noun

bo·la ˈbō-lə

variants or bolas

ˈbō-ləs

plural bolas ˈbō-ləz

also bolases

: a cord with weights attached to the ends for throwing at and entangling an animal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile Devin and Tori land their last bola and have to drink three smoothies before continuing on, and the projectile vomiting commences. —

Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023 Bananas and Nany then sabotage Olivia and Horacio with a smoothie, but Olivia somehow cuts her finger while throwing a bola and there's blood everywhere. —

Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023 First, during a bola-throwing competition, the karabiner connecting the rope to the balls got caught on Kaiser’s finger and sliced it open. —

Emily Longeretta, Variety, 1 Feb. 2023 Axel Perez, his nephew, swings and sways atop the rolla bola, a platform balanced atop one or more rolling cylinders. —

Alexis Soloski Seth Caplan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022 The rules are very simple: throw your bola (two balls connected by a string) onto the ladder and try to knock down your opponents' bolas. —

Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021 Or a bowl of caldo de bola, always served on Wednesdays. —

New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 There are nearly as many uses for silk as there are species of spider (more than 45,000), yet even among silk-throwing bolas spiders, sneaky trapdoor spiders, and even electrostatically powered flying baby spiders, Hyptiotes stands out. —

Kenrick Vezina, National Geographic, 13 May 2019 Todd's obituary encourages mourners to wear bola ties in his honor. —

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