Meanings
bool1
plural bools
- computingA Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]
2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++2 more examples
The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]
2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gemsListing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.
2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008
bool2
present singular third person bools · participle present booling · participle past booled · past booled
- slangTo relax or hang out (especially with someone).
I'm going to go bool with the boys.
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You want a war, steady coming for the team / I'm just booling with my dogs, don't make me let 'em off the leash
2017 November 27, “I'm A Dog”, in Dotarachi HD Reloaded, performed by S DotYG's starting the year strong with a new video for his 2018 single "Suu Whoop," released on Tuesday. In the gritty visual, we see the L.A. native booling with his friends in his city’s streets, in cars, outfitted in red clothing.
2018 March 13, Tara C. Mahadevan, “YG Reps His Set in the New Video for "Suu Whoop"”, in Complex, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022Memories: going undefeated with MZ in round net against DA, ZM, JS, and FL. Playing soccer with a great group of dudes. Booling with BTY.
2019, Jeffery Epro, quotee, “Make Way for the Seniors!”, in Leominster High School Magnet, number 149, Leominster, M.A.: Leominster High School, page 28I'm drunk as fuck, booling with a couple racks on me (Freebandz) / All black Hellcat, Doja Cat mad at me (Boom)
2020 November 6, Doe Boy, Southside, “7 Days a Week”, in Demons R UsI appreciate how a lot of the people here care about similar social issues that I do. I can come here to bool and be my stupid self, but also I could come to have a conversation about how big corporations are gaslighting us into thinking that we are the problems in climate change.
2022 March 11, Kimberly Wipfler, quoting Beckett Morris, “New Coffee/Gathering Space Is Buzzing”, in New Haven Independent, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
bool · noun
From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.
Full word history & related roots →bool · verb
From b- + (c)ool, likely originally (or in imitation of) Blood slang.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bool
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Cite this entry
bool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bool
“bool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bool. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bool,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bool.
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