boob
/ˈbuːb/
boob noun: an idiot; a fool.
Noun (1)
boob (plural boobs)
- An idiot; a fool.
- Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.1914, George Vere Hobart, Boobs, as Seen by John Henry, →OCLC, page 75
- [BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?1990, “Look At All Those Idiots” (track 9), in The Simpsons Sing The Blues (1990), performed by The Simpsons
- A mistake.
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.
- After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.1969, Colin Watson, The Flaxborough Chronicle, →OCLC, page 250
- 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.1969, “Alchemy”, in The Canadian Forum, volume 49, page 211
Noun (2)
boob (plural boobs)
- A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
- Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.1935, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan; A Trilogy, →OCLC, Judgement Day
- Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256
- Synonyms:
- breasts
Noun (3)
boob (plural 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.1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26
- I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 29
boob meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
boob in Hindi
- breast (colloquial)
- स्तन stan, चूची cūcī
boob in Tamil
- breast (colloquial)
- முலை mulai
boob in Marathi
- बूब
boob in Urdu
- چھوچی
More languagesFewer languages
- boob in Bengali
- বুব, বূব, বুব করা
- boob in Telugu
- బూబ్
- boob in Malayalam
- ബൂബ്
- boob in Kannada
- ಬೂಬ್, ಬೂಬೆ
- boob in Punjabi
- ਬੂਬ
- boob in Gujarati
- બૂબ
- boob in Odia
- ବୁବ୍
- boob in Nepali
- बूब, बूब गर्न
- boob in Arabic
- ثَدْي ṯady
- boob in Indonesian
- toket, tetek, susu
- boob in Persian
- ممه mame
Examples of boob in a sentence
- He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.2008 April 30, “Cher: I was crazy about Tom Cruise”, in Marie Claire:
- Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.2013, Kim Haskan, Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob, book cover:
Synonyms of boob
Forms of boob
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boobs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | boobs |
| present participle | boobing |
| past participle | boobed |
| past | boobed |
Origin of boob
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.
Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.
Words formed from boob
- bewb
- big boob
- big-boob
- booba
- boobage
- boob augmentation
- boob cancer
- boob envy
- boobfeed
- boobfeeder
- boobfest
- boobgasm
- Boobgate
- boobilicious
- boob implant
- boobitis
- boob job
- boob juice
- boobless
- boob light
- booblike
- boob milk
- boob reduction
- boobsicle
- boob-sling
- boob sock
- boobtacular
- boobtastic
- boob tube
- boobular
- boob window
- foob
- free-boob
- man boob
- man-boob
- manboob
- megaboob
- moob
- on the boob
- outboob
- side boob
- side-boob
- sideboob
- sore boob means more boob
- underboob
- boobery
- boobish
- boobocracy
- booboisie
- boob up
Phrases with boob
Words that rhyme with boob
Questions about boob
- What does boob mean?
- Boob means an idiot; a fool.
- What is boob in Hindi?
- Boob in Hindi is स्तन (stan), चूची (cūcī). See Boob meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use boob in a sentence?
- He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.
- What part of speech is boob?
- Boob can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce boob?
- Boob is pronounced /ˈbuːb/.
- What is the plural of boob?
- The plural of boob is boobs.
Words near boob in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boob (page history and authors); boob (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boob (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boob (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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