boo-boonoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbuː.buː/us/ˈbuː.buː/plural boo-boosinformal a mistake:
Oops, I think I made a boo-boo there - I hope she's not too upset.
US child's word a slight injury:
Tess fell down and got a boo-boo on her hand.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- faux pas
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- mistaken
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