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boody

boody verb: to sulk or mope.

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

Forms of boody

third-person singular presentboodies
present participleboodying
past participleboodied
pastboodied

Origin of boody

From French bouder (“to pout”).

Questions about boody

What does boody mean?
Boody means to sulk or mope.
What part of speech is boody?
Boody is a verb.
What is the past tense of boody?
The past tense of boody is boodied.

Words near boody in the dictionary

  1. boodles
  2. boodling
  3. boodlings
  4. Boodram
  5. Boodrams
  6. boody
  7. boodying
  8. Booe
  9. booed
  10. booed up
  11. booer

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