boob

¹ American  

[boob] / bub /

noun

1. a stupid person; fool; dunce.

2. British. a blunder; mistake.

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verb (used without object)

1. British. to blunder.

boob ² American  

[boob] / bub /

noun

Slang.

1. a female breast.

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boob ¹ British  

/ buːb /

noun

1. an ignorant or foolish person; booby

2. an embarrassing mistake; blunder

3. a female breast

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verb

1. (intr) to make a blunder

boob ² British  

/ buːb /

noun

1. a prison

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adjective

1. of poor quality, similar to that provided in prison

   boob coffee

Etymology

Origin of boob¹

1905–10, back formation from booby ¹

Origin of boob²

First recorded in 1945–50; apparently back formation from booby ²

Example Sentences

These babies even share the mighty boob: breaking a "rule" of mammal biology, naked mole rats do not have just around half as many babies as they have mammary glands.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

"I didn't start doing my face until I was in my 40s. I had a boob job, but I didn't even have fillers," she said, warning it is "damaging to your body".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024

“We worked so much at night, and she would sit around and watch the boob tube,” Warner admitted.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

“I can’t cry in the boob room,” Meriwether said later.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

But anyway, Seferino Pacheco occasionally visited Onofre’s house, not to hear him play the piano—God forbid!—but simply to stare at Onofre’s miraculous boob tube, and also occasionally to listen to his friend read.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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