boob
1[ boob ]
/ bub /
noun
a stupid person; fool; dunce.
British. a blunder; mistake.
verb (used without object)
British. to blunder.
Nearby words
- boo-boo,
- boo-hoo,
- boo-hurrah theory,
- boo-word,
- boo-ya,
- boob happy,
- boob job,
- boob tube,
- boobhead,
- boobialla
Origin of boob
1boob
2[ boob ]
/ bub /
noun Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
a female breast.
Origin of boob
2First recorded in 1945–50; apparently back formation from booby2
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boob
1/ (buːb) slang /
noun
an ignorant or foolish person; booby
British an embarrassing mistake; blunder
a female breast
verb
(intr) British to make a blunder
Word Origin for boob
C20: back formation from booby
noun Australian slang
a prison
adjective
of poor quality, similar to that provided in prisonboob coffee
Word Origin for boob
from the US colloquial sense of booby hatch meaning jail
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boob
"stupid person," 1909, American English slang, perhaps from booby.
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