booby
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Is booby a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.Examples: "Who lounge and who loot, and who booby about, / No knowledge within, and no manners without;"intransitiverare
2. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.Examples: "Self Boobied. Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island, Fla., accidentally tripped on one of the shotgun shell booby traps he had installed"transitive
adj (English)
1. (slang, obsolete) Stupid; unintelligent.Examples: "When we arrived at the houſe, I was in the utmoſt confuſion; for the booby ſervants ſtood gaping and grinning at my diſtreſs, and Sir Sampſson himſelf told me, with a laugh as horrible as Caliban's, that he would lend me one of his maids to carry me out airing every morning."Synonyms: boobish, boobily, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheadedobsoleteslang
noun (English)
1. (colloquial or childish) A breast.Examples: "At ten o’clock she was lying on the divan with her boobies in her hands."; "Got my neck, got my boobies / Got my heart, got my soul / Got my back, I got my sex"; "She is beyond hot: her long, black, curly hair cascades around her naked boobies!"childishcolloquial
adj (English)
1. (informal, of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.Examples: "If it's too tight, I don't want the fat coming out heeya?' She points to the danger spot, where upper arm brushes against glorious bosom, and the top of a strapless dress can cut an unsightly line. 'Am I very booby? Do I look very chesty?'"; "We did a photoshoot the week before and she took the dress from the shoot and said: "I want to wear this for the awards next week. Her publicist was like, "Don't you think it's a bit 'booby' for a kids event?" But she wore it anyway!'"; "Everyone has their paranoias. And we all chip in, swap handbags and jewellery, and offer lots of support when one or another is having doubts about their frock. 'Wow, you look amazing!' 'Aw, I think I look a bit booby.' 'I don't like my bra.'"informal
2. (informal) Having large breasts.Examples: "Can I borrow your pink lacey bra? Why? You're like three sizes boobier than me?"Synonyms: busty, chestyinformal
Definition source: Wiktionary