boss

boss1 [ bɔs, bas ] noun count ***

1. ) the person who is in charge of you at work:

I'll ask my boss if I can have a day off next week.

a ) MAINLY JOURNALISM someone with a powerful position in an organization:

the local Communist Party boss in Kiev

Company bosses are opening a new office in San Francisco.

b ) INFORMAL the person that other people have to obey:

OK, you're the boss!

2. ) a circular decoration at the center of something:

the ancient hall, with its magnificent ceiling bosses

be your own boss

to work for yourself and not be employed by someone else

show someone who's boss

to make someone understand that you have more power than them

boss

boss 2 [ bɔs, bas ] verb

,boss a`round phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

boss someone around/about to keep telling other people what to do:

He's used to bossing his little brother around.