bow tie
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈboʊ taɪ/
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pajarita
- Toby now wears a regulation black bow tie and an apron.
And the question is, if a giraffe were to wear a bow tie, where would the bow tie go?
- And the question is, if a giraffe were to wear a bow tie, where would the bow tie go?
- I saw him stand in one spot with a suit on and a bow tie and totally destroy audience.
- When did you notice that you needed a bow tie?
- He, he was a guy dressed in a bow tie.
- And, and he took one of his father's bow ties and wrote a poem in his honor and buried the poem and the bow tie in the backyard.
- Possible problem solutions clip on tie, bow tie or if you don't want to look like an Etsy boy, wear a a bolo tie.
- But the bow tie merch is now gone.
Examples
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Put on a bow tie.
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I really like this bow tie, like it's just the right amount of tightness.
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So we're just going to have him wear a bow tie, right.
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Oh, what about that little bow tie for David?
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- I love the bow tie, though.
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"I want to see him just in black shoes and a bow tie!"
Fiction book (1995) -
Before you were wearing a bow tie, and this year you came wearing normal shirts.
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Now we can get you a black bow tie, and you can look like one of those casino dealers.
Fiction book (1995) -
And there's a gentleman with a bow tie who was first up.
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He decided to wear a bow tie for the wedding to look more formal.
Synonyms
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1.0
A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck and knotted at the front
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1.0
A long narrow piece of cloth you wear under a shirt collar and tie at the front
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2.8
A narrow cloth tie that you tie in a bow and wear with formal clothes
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently built from 'bow' (a two-looped decorative knot) + 'tie' (a cloth worn around the neck), so the meaning 'a necktie made in a bow shape' is directly and predictably derivable. This compound follows a regular descriptive pattern found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun bow tie comes from the way a strip of cloth is tied into a small bow, and the word tie shows that it is fastened at the neck. One popular story says soldiers and workers first wore tied scarves like this and the look became part of smart clothes, so today bow tie means a small tied ribbon worn at 'formal occasions'.