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Boob
Definitions
- 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 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 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 either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman wordnet
- 5 A mistake. British, informal
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- 6 an ignorant or foolish person wordnet
- 1 To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
"After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed."
- 2 commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake wordnet
- 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
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.
Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.
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