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boodies

boodies is the plural of boodie.

boodies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boody.

Meaning of boodie

Noun (1)

boodie (plural boodies)

  1. (Scotland) A hobgoblin.

Noun (2)

boodie (plural boodies)

  1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
    • However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34
    Synonyms:
    burrowing bettong, Lesueur's rat-kangaroo

Meaning of boody

Verb

boody (third-person singular simple present boodies, present participle boodying, simple past and past participle boodied)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To sulk or mope.
    • […]he felt that he must be silent. 'Come,' said she—'don't boody with me: don't be angry because I speak out some home truths.'1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

Questions about boodies

What is boodies the plural of?
Boodies is the plural of boodie.

Words near boodies in the dictionary

  1. Boodhist
  2. Boodhistic
  3. Boodhists
  4. boodie
  5. boodied
  6. boodies
  7. boodle
  8. boodle fight
  9. boodle fights
  10. boodled
  11. boodleize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boodies (page history and authors); boodie (page history and authors); boody (page history and authors). 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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