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boob

1
[boob]Slang.
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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

1
1905–10, Americanism; back formation from booby1

boob

2
[boob]
noun Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
  1. a female breast.

Origin of boob

2
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

1
noun
  1. an ignorant or foolish person; booby
  2. British an embarrassing mistake; blunder
  3. a female breast
verb
  1. (intr) British to make a blunder

Word Origin for boob

C20: back formation from booby

boob

2
noun Australian slang
  1. a prison
adjective
  1. 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
n.

"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

n.

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

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