Boolとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

名詞

bool (plural bools)

1. (programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
   • 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems:

     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, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++:

     With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]

   • 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008:

     Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

派生語

語源 2

From b- +‎ (c)ool, likely originally (or in imitation of) Blood slang.

動詞

bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)

1. (slang) To relax or hang out (especially with someone).

   I'm going to go bool with the boys.

   • 2017 November 27, “I'm A Dog”, in Dotarachi HD Reloaded‎, performed by S Dot:

     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

   • 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 November 2022:

     YG'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.

   • 2019, Jeffery Epro, quotee, “Make Way for the Seniors!”, in Leominster High School Magnet, number 149, Leominster, M.A.: Leominster High School, page 28:

     Memories: going undefeated with MZ in round net against DA, ZM, JS, and FL. Playing soccer with a great group of dudes. Booling with BTY.

   • 2020 November 6, Doe Boy, Southside, “7 Days a Week”, in Demons R Us‎:

     I'm drunk as fuck, booling with a couple racks on me (Freebandz) / All black Hellcat, Doja Cat mad at me (Boom)

   • 2022 March 11, Kimberly Wipfler, quoting Beckett Morris, “New Coffee/Gathering Space Is Buzzing”, in New Haven Independent‎, archived from the original on 26 April 2022:

     I 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.

参照

• “bool, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “bool, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

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