boob

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːb/ Rhymes: -uːb === Etymology 1 === Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== boob (plural boobs) (informal, derogatory, Canada, US, dated) An idiot; a fool. (informal, British) A mistake. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== boob (third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed) To behave stupidly; to act like a boob. (informal, intransitive) To make a mistake. ===== Derived terms ===== boob up === Etymology 2 === Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== boob (plural boobs) (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:breasts ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Apparently shortened from booby-hatch. ==== Noun ==== boob (plural boobs) (Australia, US) A prison; jail. [from 20th c.] 1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26: 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. === Anagrams === Bo-Bo, Bobo, bobo, obbo == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English boob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bub/ === Noun === boob f (plural boobs) (slang, anglicism, chiefly in the plural) breast