hobo

Plural: hoboes, hobos

Noun

• a disreputable vagrant
• A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
• Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
• A kind of large handbag.

Verb

Verb Forms: hoboed, hoboing, hobos

• To live and wander as a vagrant.
• To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

Examples

• He feared his brain would HOBO aimlessly if he didn’t focus on the board.
• Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.

Synonyms

bum, tramp

Anagrams of hobo