boob

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noun
  1. a stupid person; fool; dunce.

  2. British. a blunder; mistake.

verb (used without object)
  1. British. to blunder.

Origin of boob

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1905–10, Americanism; back formation from booby1

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Other definitions for boob (2 of 2)

boob2
[ boob ]

nounSlang.
  1. a female breast.

Origin of boob

2
First recorded in 1945–50; apparently back formation from booby2

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British Dictionary definitions for boob (1 of 2)

boob1

/ (buːb) slang /


noun
  1. an ignorant or foolish person; booby

  2. British an embarrassing mistake; blunder

  1. a female breast

verb
  1. (intr) British to make a blunder

Origin of boob

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C20: back formation from booby

British Dictionary definitions for boob (2 of 2)

boob2

/ (buːb) /


nounAustralian slang
  1. a prison

adjective
  1. of poor quality, similar to that provided in prison: boob coffee

Origin of boob

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from the US colloquial sense of booby hatch meaning jail

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