Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very short jacket worn open in the front.
- noun A lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- noun The music for this dance.
- noun A slow Latin American dance in triple meter.
- noun The music for this dance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short jacket, ending about three inches above the waist-line: originally in imitation of the Spanish jacket, but now-made in many fashions, and trimmed either simply or with extremely elaborate ornament.
- noun A Spanish dance in ¾ time, accompanied by the voice and castanets, intended to represent the course of love from extreme shyness to extreme passion.
- noun A musical composition for such a dance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
- noun A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a lively Spanish
dance - noun a type of short, buttonless
jacket orblouse , open or tied in front and ending at thediaphragm
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
- noun a short jacket; worn mostly by women
- noun a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.
For Sale: Chloe Sevigny's Refrigerator, Kelly Killoren Bensimon's Sneakers, Chuck Schumer's Tie 2009
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Erin--Did you notice how many of those daily hints from Paris feature a "bolero"?
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"It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.
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"It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.
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While I've never actually heard the Spanish style of romantic ballad called a "bolero", that's the word that comes to mind when I hear this song, which is chock full of triplets played on the acoustic guitar, giving it an exotic, slow-dance sort of feel.
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"It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.
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She updates Caesar Portillo De la Luz s famous bolero Tu, Mi Delirio, with a kind of quiet storm vibe.
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It was unflattering, stark white, and short in length with a high-collared bolero jacket.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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Through the wide variety of historical photographs, paintings and statuary included, we see correspondences of silhouette, construction, color and embellishment that teach us how to "read" a design—the way, for instance, the ornate embroidery of a matador's bolero brings drama to an evening gown, or how voluminous gathers of fabric, thrillingly elegant in a sleeve or skirt, are actually a translation from the festive dress of Spanish laborers.
Fashion's Eternal Flame Laura Jacobs 2011
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Choose a jacket cropped at the waist, such as a fur "chubby"—a fluffy, short jacket—bolero, cashmere wrap or stole.
The Right Length for a Winter Coat Teri Agins 2011
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