EGAVE

booby

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A stupid person.
  2. noun Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
  3. noun In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
  4. verb To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
  5. verb To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.
  6. adjective Stupid; unintelligent.
  7. noun A breast.
  8. adjective Displaying breasts prominently.

Similar words

boob dummy dope pinhead dumbbell idiot putz deceitful explosive spotter

Often followed by

traps trap prize hatch and trapped island of is

Word family

boobies

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