Booby

Quick meaning: Booby is a noun meaning A stupid person.

Meaning

A stupid person.

More Meanings

1. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
2. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
3. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.
4. (colloquial or childish) A breast.
5. (informal, of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.
6. (rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
7. (slang, obsolete) Stupid; unintelligent.

Example Sentences

Boobies are powerful, aerobatic fliers, and they can be challenging to photograph.

The daughter is said to be well-bred and beautiful; the son an awkward booby, reared up and spoiled at his mother's apron-string.

At which time, ſome Boobyes, weary of flight, made our Ship their pearch, an animall ſo ſimple as ſuffers any to take her without feare, as if a ſtupid ſenſe made her careleſſe of danger.

She knotted our ribbons very tightly so that we should not lose them,—they pulled the little hairs under our curls and made us "ooch" and wriggle. Then Dede gave us little smacks and called us boobies.

Word Forms

• boobies
• boobying
• boobied
• boobier
• boobiest

Synonyms for booby

Depending on context, synonyms include alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, berk, birdbrain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boob, dummy, dope, pinhead, dumbbell, idiot.

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