Tom won the booby prize.
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Booby
//ˈbuːbi//
Synonyms for "booby" (319 found)
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Closest matches (64)
Noun(24 words)
dopedumbbelldummypinheadalcatotearseholeasshatassholebayardberkbirdbrainblitherbobchinboneheadboobbozobrickheadbuffooncharliechowderhead
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Related words (159)
Noun(57 words)
Adjective(62 words)
imbecilicinaneinsipidintellectually challengedknuckleheadedlamebrainedlowbrowlumpishlunkheadedmentally challengedmentally retardedmindlessmonosynapticmoronicmuttonheadednitwittednot the sharpest crayon in the boxnot the sharpest knife in the drawernot the sharpest tool in the shednumbskulled
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oafishobtusepeabrainedprattypudding-headedpuerilepurblindquarter-wittedretardedrockheadedsharp as a bowling ballsheep-headedshit-for-brainssimpleslowslow on the uptakeslow-wittedsmooth-brainedstolidstupidthickthick as a brickthick as a plankthick as a whale omelettethick as champthick as mincethick as pig shitthick as two short planksthick-skulledthickheadedthickwittedunapprehensiveuncleverunintelligentunsmartvacantvacuouswitlesswooden-headedwool-headedwoolly-headedwoolly-minded
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15 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 29 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- cofre noun (bird)
- mazcatu noun (bird)
Bulgarian
2 entries- глупак noun (stupid person)
- цици noun (woman’s breast)
Catalan
1 entries- mascarell noun (bird)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 塘鹅 noun (bird)
- 鰹鳥 /鲣鸟 noun (bird)
Danish
1 entries- sule noun (bird)
Dutch
3 entries- domkop noun (stupid person)
- jan-van-gent noun (bird)
- tieten noun (woman’s breast)
Erzya
2 entries- драков noun (stupid person)
- драковкш noun (bird)
Esperanto
1 entries- sulo noun (bird)
Estonian
3 entries- rind noun (woman’s breast)
- tiss noun (woman’s breast)
- tolvan, tobu, suula noun (stupid person)
Faroese
1 entries- súla noun (bird)
Finnish
3 entries- suula noun (bird)
- tissi noun (woman’s breast)
- tollo noun (stupid person)
French
4 entries- fou noun (bird)
- nibard noun (woman’s breast)
- nichon noun (woman’s breast)
- néné noun (woman’s breast)
German
4 entries- Depp noun (stupid person)
- Idiot noun (stupid person)
- Narr noun (stupid person)
- Titte noun (woman’s breast)
Hungarian
1 entries- szula noun (bird)
Ido
3 entries- ganeto noun (bird)
- stulto noun (stupid person)
- stupido noun (stupid person)
Italian
4 entries- babbeo noun (stupid person)
- sula noun (bird)
- tetta noun (woman’s breast)
- zinna noun (woman’s breast)
Japanese
2 entries- カツオドリ noun (bird)
- 鰹鳥 noun (bird)
Korean
1 entries- 얼가니새 noun (bird)
Macedonian
1 entries- блуна noun (bird)
Manx
1 entries- gant ommidjagh noun (bird)
Navajo
1 entries- taahilnoodii noun (bird)
Polish
3 entries- gapa noun (stupid person)
- głupek noun (stupid person)
- głuptak noun (bird)
Portuguese
2 entries- mergulhão noun (bird)
- tolo noun (stupid person)
Russian
4 entries- балда́ noun (stupid person)
- бу́фер noun (woman’s breast)
- о́луша noun (bird)
- олух noun (stupid person)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- budala noun (stupid person)
Spanish
4 entries- bobo noun (stupid person)
- bubi noun (woman’s breast)
- melón noun (woman’s breast)
- pendejo noun (stupid person)
Swedish
3 entries- patte noun (woman’s breast)
- sula noun (bird)
- tutte noun (woman’s breast)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ци́цька noun (woman’s breast)
- ци́ця noun (woman’s breast)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chim điên noun (bird)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Ziri found a few booby traps in the area.
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Ziri came up against a few booby traps.
Source: tatoeba (11238997)
There are no booby traps here.
Source: tatoeba (11239128)
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