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booby

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) booby (noun)
  2. 2) booby (noun)
  3. booby hatch (noun)
  4. booby hutch (noun)
  5. booby prize (noun)
  6. booby trap (noun)
  7. blue-faced booby (noun)
  8. blue-footed booby (noun)
  9. Brewster's booby (noun)
  10. red-footed booby (noun)

1boo·by

noun \ˈbü-bē\
plural boobies

Definition of BOOBY

1
: an awkward foolish person : dope
2
: any of several tropical seabirds (genus Sula) of the gannet family

Origin of BOOBY

modification of Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus stammering, probably of imitative origin
First Known Use: 1602

Rhymes with BOOBY

looby, ruby

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