boob

English

Etymology

Short for booby. The noun sense "breast" dates to 1945, while the noun sense "dummy" dates to 1909.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbuːb/, SAMPA: /"bu:b/

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• Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

boob (plural boobs)

1. (slang) breast, especially human female
2. (informal, pejorative) Idiot, dummy, dork.

Translations

idiot, dummy, dork

Lojban: bebna

Verb

boob (third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To make a mistake

Anagrams

• bobo, Bobo