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Definition booby

Etymology 1

17th century. Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Noun

booby (plural boobies)

1. A stupid person.
2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.

Verb

booby (third-person singular simple present boobies, present participle boobying, simple past and past participle boobied)

1. (rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
2. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

Etymology 2

From the earlier form bubby.

Noun

booby (plural boobies)

1. (colloquial) A woman’s breast.

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