booby

noun

/ˈbuːbi/

(plural boobies)

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(informal) a stupid person
- Don't be such a booby!
[usually plural] (informal) a word for a woman’s breast, used especially by children
a large tropical bird with brightly coloured feet that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2

Word Originsense 1 and sense 3 early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus ‘stammering’. sense 2 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German dialect Bübbi ‘teat’.

单词	booby
释义	booby noun /ˈbuːbi/ /ˈbuːbi/ (plural boobies) jump to other results (informal) a stupid person Don't be such a booby! [usually plural] (informal) a word for a woman’s breast, used especially by children a large tropical bird with brightly coloured feet that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2 Word Originsense 1 and sense 3 early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus ‘stammering’. sense 2 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German dialect Bübbi ‘teat’.
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