Associations to the word «Booby»

Wiktionary

BOOBY, noun. A stupid person.
BOOBY, noun. (by extension) Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
BOOBY, verb. (rare) (intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
BOOBY, verb. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.
BOOBY, noun. (slang) a woman’s breast
BOOBY HATCH, noun. Alternative form of booby-hatch
BOOBY HUT, noun. (US) (dialect) (dated) A carriage body put upon sleigh runners.
BOOBY HUTCH, noun. (dated) A clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England.
BOOBY PRIZE, noun. (idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
BOOBY PRIZES, noun. Plural of booby prize
BOOBY TRAP, noun. (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
BOOBY TRAP, noun. (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall
BOOBY TRAPS, noun. Plural of booby trap

Dictionary definition

BOOBY, noun. An ignorant or foolish person.
BOOBY, noun. Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.

Wise words

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