boob.
An idiot; a fool.
Meaning & usage
An idiot; a fool.
A mistake.
Where this word comes from
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
To make a mistake.
Where this word comes from
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
Where this word comes from
Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.
A prison; jail.
Where this word comes from
Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.
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