booby
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booby1
▶noun (pl. boobies)
- 1 informal a stupid person.
- 2 a large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and brightly coloured feet. [Genus Sula: several species.]
– origin C17: prob. from Sp. bobo, from L. balbus ‘stammering’.
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booby2
▶noun (pl. boobies) informal a woman's breast.
– origin 1930s: alt. of dial. bubby, perh. rel. to Ger. dial. Bübbi ‘teat’.
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