boobynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbuː.bi/us/ˈbuː.bi/booby noun [ C ] (BIRD)
a type of seabird similar to a gannet
booby noun [ C ] (BREAST)
very informal a woman's breast
booby noun [ C ] (PERSON)
informal old-fashioned a stupid person
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- dummy
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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Examples from literature
- A man badly brought up always remains a booby.
- Don't stand gaping there, but down to them, booby, without the loss of a moment!
- Don't stand grinning, you booby! but go.
- Go to the devil you booby! he said—even more in impatience than in wrath.