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boob¹
- /ˈbuːb/
Rhymes with -uːb
Where it comes from
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
noun boobs
- An idiot; a fool. Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.
- A mistake.
verb boobs · boobing · boobed
- To behave stupidly; to act like a boob. After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.
- To make a mistake. ...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.
boob²
- /ˈbuːb/
Rhymes with -uːb
Where it comes from
Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.
noun boobs
-
A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.
Similar: breasts
boob³
- /ˈbuːb/
Rhymes with -uːb
Where it comes from
Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.
noun boobs
- A prison; jail. Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain he was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: booby, goof, blunder, sin, dummy, bosom, tit, knocker, dope, pinhead, breast, dumbbell, titty, nincompoop, nitwit, chucklehead
Translations
Every language
noun breast (colloquial)
| Español | teta, macoca, chichi, tetica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 젖 jeot, 젖통 jeot'tong, 슴가 seumga |
| 日本語 | おっぱい oppai, ぱいぱい paipai, ぱいおつ paiotsu |
| 中文 | 波波 bōbō, 咪咪 mīmī |
| हिन्दी | स्तन stan, चूची cūcī |
| Português | mama, maminha, peito |
| Français | nichon, lolo, loloche, néné, doudoune, boîte à lait |
| Deutsch | Titte, Möpse |
| Italiano | zizza, tetta, zinna |
| Ελληνικά | βυζί vyzí |
| Русский | си́ська sísʹka, ти́тька títʹka, до́йки dójki, буфера́ buferá |
| العربية | ثَدْي ṯady, صَدْر ṣadr |
| עברית | ציצי tsítsi |
Talk about this word "boob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boob. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boob. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boob "boob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boob.Cite this
@misc{boob_2026,
title = {boob},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boob},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
