boo-boo

[ boo-boo ]

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noun,plural boo-boos.Slang.

a minor injury; owie: My dad was doing dishes and kissing boo-boos way back in the 1960s.
a stupid or silly mistake; blunder: Even people with loads of sewing experience make boo-boos when creating a piece!

Origin of boo-boo

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; baby talk

Other words for boo-boo

2	flub, fluff, fumble, goof, screwup, slip, slip-up

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How to use boo-boo in a sentence

I wouldn't keer if my 'ealth was what it used to be, in the dyes when I 'ad Booboo.
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British Dictionary definitions for boo-boo

boo-boo

nounplural -boos

informal an embarrassing mistake; blunder

Origin of boo-boo

C20: perhaps from nursery talk; compare boohoo

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