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1. (n.) booby
a stupid person.
2. booby
any of several usu. black- or brown-and-white, goose-sized seabirds of the family Sulidae, of tropical oceans, that dive for fish from high over the water.
3. (n.) booby
a woman's breast.
Etymology: (1915–20, Amer.; alter. of earlier bubby breast; see -y2)
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| Definition of 'booby' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
an ignorant or foolish person
2. (noun) booby
small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) booby
having the characteristics of a booby; stupid
2. (noun) booby
a dunce; a stupid fellow
3. (noun) booby
a swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby
4. (noun) booby
a species of penguin of the antarctic seas
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Sense: a stupid person.
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 Afrikaans: stommerik |
 Arabic: شَخْصٌ أحْمَقٌ |
 Bulgarian: глупак |
 Brazilian: palerma |
 Czech: nekňuba, blb |
 German: der Tölpel |
 Danish: torsk; fjols |
 Greek: βλάκας |
 Spanish: bobo |
 Estonian: tolvan |
 Farsi: ابله |
 Finnish: typerys |
 French: nigaud |
 Hebrew: טִפֵּש @@@טִיפֵּש$$$ |
 Hindi: मूर्ख |
 Croatian: glupan |
 Hungarian: mafla |
 Indonesian: orang tolol |
 Icelandic: flón |
 Italian: tonto |
 Japanese: まぬけ |
 Korean: 바보 |
 Lithuanian: mulkis |
 Latvian: stulbenis |
 Malay: orang bodoh |
 Dutch: stommerd |
 Norwegian: tosk |
 Polish: tuman, głupek |
 Persian: ابله |
 Pashto: احمق، کم عقل |
 Portuguese: palerma |
 Romanian: găgăuţă |
 Russian: болван, дуралей |
 Slovak: hlupák |
 Slovenian: neumnež |
 Serbian: klipan |
 Swedish: åsna, idiot |
 Thai: คนโง่ |
 Turkish: budala, ahmak |
 Taiwanese: 傻瓜，笨蛋 |
 Ukrainian: дурень, бевзень |
 Urdu: احمق ، جاہل |
 Vietnamese: người ngốc nghếch |
 Chinese: 呆子，笨蛋 |
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