boob

[boob]Slang.

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noun

a stupid person; fool; dunce.

British. a blunder; mistake.

verb (used without object)

British. to blunder.

Origin of boob

1905–10, Americanism; back formation from booby¹

boob

[boob]

noun Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.

a female breast.

Origin of boob

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

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Related Words for boobs

knockers, bosom, cleavage, pair, chest

British Dictionary definitions for boobs

boob

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

boob

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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Word Origin and History for boobs

"breasts," 1929, U.S. slang, probably from much older term boobies (late 17c.), related to 17c. bubby; perhaps ultimately from Latin puppa, literally "little girl," hence, in child-talk, "breast." Or else it is a natural formation in English (cf. French poupe "teat," German dialectal Bubbi, etc.).

boob

"stupid person," 1909, American English slang, perhaps from booby.