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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.]
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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.
1. fool1 (defs. 1, 3).
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]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

boob


Past participle: boobed
Gerund: boobing

Imperative
boob
boob
Present
I boob
you boob
he/she/it boobs
we boob
you boob
they boob
Preterite
I boobed
you boobed
he/she/it boobed
we boobed
you boobed
they boobed
Present Continuous
I am boobing
you are boobing
he/she/it is boobing
we are boobing
you are boobing
they are boobing
Present Perfect
I have boobed
you have boobed
he/she/it has boobed
we have boobed
you have boobed
they have boobed
Past Continuous
I was boobing
you were boobing
he/she/it was boobing
we were boobing
you were boobing
they were boobing
Past Perfect
I had boobed
you had boobed
he/she/it had boobed
we had boobed
you had boobed
they had boobed
Future
I will boob
you will boob
he/she/it will boob
we will boob
you will boob
they will boob
Future Perfect
I will have boobed
you will have boobed
he/she/it will have boobed
we will have boobed
you will have boobed
they will have boobed
Future Continuous
I will be boobing
you will be boobing
he/she/it will be boobing
we will be boobing
you will be boobing
they will be boobing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been boobing
you have been boobing
he/she/it has been boobing
we have been boobing
you have been boobing
they have been boobing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been boobing
you will have been boobing
he/she/it will have been boobing
we will have been boobing
you will have been boobing
they will have been boobing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been boobing
you had been boobing
he/she/it had been boobing
we had been boobing
you had been boobing
they had been boobing
Conditional
I would boob
you would boob
he/she/it would boob
we would boob
you would boob
they would boob
Past Conditional
I would have boobed
you would have boobed
he/she/it would have boobed
we would have boobed
you would have boobed
they would have boobed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.boob - an ignorant or foolish personboob - an ignorant or foolish person  
booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell, dummy
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2.boob - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womanboob - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
tit, titty, breast, knocker, bosom
adult 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
Verb1.boob - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"
blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin
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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
ثَدْيِ المَرأَهخَطَأٌيُخْطِئ
botachybaprsaudělat blbost
bommertdumme sigkludre i detpatte
mistakast, klikkamistök
liapsusaspadaryti liapsusąpapas
muļķīga kļūdamuļķīgi/stulbi kļūdītiespupistulbība
falsohatahata/falso yapmakkadın göğsümeme

boob

[buːb]
A. N
1. (Brit) (= mistake) → metedura f de pata
to make a boob → meter la pata
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]
n
(= breast) → nichon m
(British) (= mistake) → gaffe f
vi → gafferboob job n → opération f des seins
to have a boob job → se faire refaire les seins
She denies having a boob job → Elle nie s'être fait refaire les seins.booby trap [ˈbuːbi]
n → objet m piégé
vt
to booby-trap sth → piéger qchbooby-trapped [ˈbuːbitræpt] adj → piégé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

boob

n
(Brit inf: = mistake) → Schnitzer m (inf); a common boob → ein häufig gemachter Fehler
(inf: = woman’s breast) → Brust f; big boobs → große Titten pl → or Möpse pl (sl)
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

boob

[buːb] n (Brit) (fam) (mistake) → gaffe f inv; (breast) → tetta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

boob

(buːb) noun
1. 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, pecho
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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