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 Definitions for booby: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), a.
Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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. (Zool.)
(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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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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
both
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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, victim
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booby: Definition from Answers.com
booby n. , pl. -bies . A person regarded as stupid. Any of several tropical sea birds of the genus Sula, resembling and related to the gannets
booby definition | Dictionary.com
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