Definition of Hobo

1. Noun. A disreputable vagrant. "He tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

Exact synonyms: Bum, Tramp
Specialized synonyms: Dosser, Street Person
Generic synonyms: Drifter, Floater, Vagabond, Vagrant

Definition of Hobo

1. n. A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living.

Definition of Hobo

1. Noun. A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails. ¹

2. Noun. A migratory laborer ¹

3. Noun. (pejorative) A tramp, vagabond; hence bum ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hobo

1. to live like a hobo (a vagrant or tramp) [v -ED, -ING, -S or -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobo

hobnail
hobnail boot
hobnail cells
hobnail liver
hobnail tongue
hobnailed
hobnailing
hobnails
hobnobbed
hobnobber
hobnobbers
hobnobbing
hobnobby
hobnobs
hobo (current term)
hobo bag
hobo bags
hobo camp
hobo jungle
hobo spider
hobodom
hobodoms
hoboe
hoboed
hoboes
hoboglyph
hobohemia
hobohemian
hobohemians

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