bow tie

[boh] /boʊ/

noun

a small necktie tied in a bow at the collar.

a sweet roll or Danish pastry having a shape similar to that of a bow tie or butterfly.

Origin

1910-15

Examples from the web for bow tie

But once a week he wears a suit, a fine shirt, and a bow tie.
There's a short bald guy with a bow tie on the cover, emblematic of what happened to my dating life.
She arrived with her father, who wore a blue seersucker suit, a salmon-pink shirt and a chartreuse bow tie.

British Dictionary definitions for bow tie

/bəʊ/

noun

a man's tie tied in a bow, now chiefly in plain black for formal evening wear

Word Origin and History for bow tie

by 1887, from bow (n.) in the sense "ribbon or other fabric tied in a bow-knot" (by 1874) + tie (n.).

Slang definitions & phrases for bow tie

noun phrase

brushback: ''Dykstra needs a bow tie.'' Nolan pitched the next day, and, sure enough, Lenny got his present (1990s+ Baseball)