Slang a stupid or foolish person
Origin of boob
from boobyBrit., Slang to make a stupid mistake
noun
- The definition of boob means an idiot or someone who is the brunt of a joke.
An example of a boob is a court jester.
- Boob is defined as a slang term for breasts.
An example of boob is what a teenager might call a breast while looking at an underwear catalog.
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boob
Slang a woman's breast: usually used in pl.
also boob·ie
Origin of boob
probably from booby, baby talk for “breast”Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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boob
noun
SlangA stupid or foolish person; a dolt.
Origin of boob
Short for booby 1noun
Slang- A woman's breast.
- A manboob.
Origin of boob
Short for booby 2THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural boobs)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed)
- (informal, intransitive) To make a mistake
Origin
Short for booby. The noun sense "breast" dates to 1945, while the noun sense "dummy" dates to 1909.
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Sentence Examples
- Boob Tube - for either gender, wear the biggest, tackiest fake breasts you can find and glue an empty toilet paper or paper towel tube in the cleavage.
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- The boob job and tattoos were things I always wanted, but the ex-husband did not really approve of.
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