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boob 1
(bo͞ob)n. Slang
A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.
[Short for booby.]
boob 2
(bo͞ob)n. Slang
1. A woman's breast.
2. A manboob.
[Short for booby.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
boob
(buːb)n
1. an ignorant or foolish person; booby
2. Brit an embarrassing mistake; blunder
3. a female breast
vb
(intr) Brit to make a blunder
[C20: back formation from booby]
boob
(buːb)n
a prison
adj
of poor quality, similar to that provided in prison: boob coffee.
[from the US colloquial sense of booby hatch meaning jail]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
boob1
(bub)n. Slang. v.i.
2. Brit. to blunder.
[1905–10, Amer.; back formation from booby1]
boob2
(bub)n. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
a woman's breast.
[1930–35; appar. back formation from booby2]
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boob
Past participle: boobed
Gerund: boobing
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| Noun | 1. |  boob - an ignorant or foolish person |
| 2. |  boob - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womanadult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | |
| Verb | 1. | boob - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
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Translations
ثَدْيِ المَرأَهخَطَأٌيُخْطِئ
botachybaprsaudělat blbost
bommertdumme sigkludre i detpatte
mistakast, klikkamistök
liapsusaspadaryti liapsusąpapas
muļķīga kļūdamuļķīgi/stulbi kļūdītiespupistulbība
boob
[buːb]A. N
2. (= breast) → teta f
B. VI → meter la pata
C. CPD boob tube N (US) (= TV set) → televisor m; (= garment) → camiseta-tubo f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
boob
[ˈbuːb]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
boob
n
vi (Brit inf) → einen Schnitzer machen (inf); (= fail) → Mist bauen (inf); somebody boobed, I didn’t get the letter → da hat jemand was verbockt (inf), → ich habe den Brief überhaupt nicht gekriegt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
boob
(buːb) noun1. a mistake. Forgetting to invite her to the party was a real boob.
2. (slang) a woman's breast.
verb to make a mistake.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
boob
n (fam o vulg) mama, seno, pechoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.