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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), a. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. Boobies (-b[i^]z). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.] [1913 Webster] 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber or Sula 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 -- unafraid of men, it allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, Sula piscator, the red-footed booby; and Sula nebouxii, the blue-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas. [1913 Webster] Booby hatch (a) (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. (b), an insane asylum. [Colloq.] Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. Booby prize, an award for the poorest performance in a competition; hence, metaphorically, the recognition of a strikingly inferior or incompetent performance. Booby trap (a), a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened. (b), any concealed device causing surprise or injury when a usually harmless object is touched; -- in military operations, typically containing an explosive charge. [1913 Webster +PJC]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. Boobies (-b[i^]z). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.] 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), a. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
booby n 1: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, pinhead] 2: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or bothFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
booby n. A stupid person. vb. (lb en rare intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. n. (lb en colloquial) A woman’s breast. a. (lb en informal of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
booby n. A stupid person. vb. (lb en rare intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. n. (lb en colloquial) A woman’s breast. a. (lb en informal of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
booby n. A stupid person. vb. (lb en rare intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. n. (lb en colloquial) A woman’s breast. a. (lb en informal of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
booby n. A stupid person. vb. (lb en rare intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. n. (lb en colloquial) A woman’s breast. a. (lb en informal of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
booby Englanti n. 1 (''puhekieltä'') tissi 2 suulaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Booby /bˈuːbi/ المغفّلFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
booby //ˈbuːbi//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. глупак stupid person 2. цици woman’s breast
booby /bˈuːbi/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]naivka
booby /bˈuːbi/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]děcko
booby /bˈuːbi/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]hlupák
booby /bˈuːbi/ DummkopfFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ], Tölpel , Stoffel [ugs.] Synonyms: chump, dullard, dummy, dough head see: boobies, chumps, dullards, dummies, dough heads
booby //ˈbuːbi//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. suula bird 2. tollo stupid person 3. tissi woman’s breast
booby /bˈuːbi/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. मूर्ख "He is a real booby."
booby /bˈuːbi/ 1. fajankó 2. bamba 3. mafla 4. nagy kamaszFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
booby //ˈbuːbi//From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]カツオドリ, 鰹鳥 bird
booby //ˈbuːbi//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]sula bird
booby /bˈuːbi/ 1. budala kimse, bön kimse, ahmak kimse 2. bir oyun veya müsabakada en kötü oyuncu 3. sınıfın en tembel talebesi. booby hatch (A.B.D.), (argo) akıl hastanesi. booby prize bir oyunun en kötü oyuncusuna veya bir yarışmada sonuncu olana verilen odül. booby trap kamufle edilmiş ufak bomba 4. gizli tuzak.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbubi/
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "booby": also-ran, asshole, bag, boob, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, chest, chump, crop, defeatee, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dolt, dolthead, duck, dug, fall guy, fathead, galoot, game loser, good loser, good sport, goof, jerk, jerk-off, klutz, knockers, loser, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, mutt, nenes, nipple, oak, pap, papilla, pigeon breast, prize sap, sap, saphead, sawney, schlemiel, sport, stooge, teat, the vanquished, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, udder, underdog, victimFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 呆子,傻瓜;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 呆子,傻瓜