Boob

//ˈbuːb// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An idiot; a fool. Canada, US, dated, derogatory, informal

    "Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal."

  2. 2
    A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. colloquial, slang

    "Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs."

  3. 3
    A prison; jail. Australia, US

    "Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain he was brought out of the boob dead or nearly."

  4. 4
    either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman wordnet
  5. 5
    A mistake. British, informal
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  1. 6
    an ignorant or foolish person wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.

    "After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed."

  2. 2
    commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a mistake. informal, intransitive

    "...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.

Etymology 2

Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.

Etymology 3

Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.

Etymology 4

Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.

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