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boob
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boob 1  (bb)
n. Slang
A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.

[Short for booby.]

boob 2  (bb)
n. Vulgar Slang
A woman's breast.

[Short for booby.]

boob1 Slang
n
1. an ignorant or foolish person; booby
2. Brit an embarrassing mistake; blunder
3. a female breast
vb
(intr) Brit to make a blunder
[back formation from booby]

boob2
n Austral slang
a prison
adj
of poor quality, similar to that provided in prison boob coffee
[from the US colloquial sense of booby hatch meaning jail]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boobboob - an ignorant or foolish person        
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2.boobboob - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
adult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman
lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals
ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
Verb1.boob - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"
breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
Translations
boob [buːb]
A. N
1. (Brit) (= mistake) → metedura f de pata
to make a boobmeter la pata
2. (= breast) → teta f
B. VImeter la pata
C. CPD boob tube N (US) (= TV set) → televisor m; (= garment) → camiseta-tubo f

boob [ˈbuːb]
n
(= breast) → nichon m
(British) (= mistake) → gaffe f
vigaffer
boob job nopération f des seins
to have a boob job → se faire refaire les seins
She denies having a boob job → Elle nie s'être fait refaire les seins.
booby trap [ˈbuːbi]
nobjet m piégé
vt
to booby-trap sth → piéger qch
booby-trapped [ˈbuːbitræpt] adjpiégé(e)

boob
n
(Brit inf: = mistake) → Schnitzer m (inf); a common boobein häufig gemachter Fehler
(inf: = woman’s breast) → Brust f; big boobsgroße Titten plor Möpse pl (sl)
vi (Brit inf) → einen Schnitzer machen (inf); (= fail)Mist bauen (inf); somebody boobed, I didn’t get the letterda hat jemand was verbockt (inf), → ich habe den Brief überhaupt nicht gekriegt

boob [buːb] n (Brit) (fam) (mistake) → gaffe f inv; (breast) → tetta
boob [buːb] n (Brit) (fam) (mistake) → gaffe f inv; (breast) → tetta

boob
n boob [buːb]
1 a mistake Forgetting to invite her to the party was a real boob. blaps, fout خَطَأٌ грешка chyba, bota bommert der Schnitzer γκάφα metedura de pata prohmakas اشتباه لپی virhe gaffe שְׁגִיאָה गलती propust hiba kesalahan mistök errore へま 큰 실수 liapsusas muļķīga kļūda; stulbība kesilapan flater flause, tabbe gafa erro gafă промашка hlúposť groba napaka kiks tabbe ความผิดพลาด hata, pot, falso 錯誤 помилка غلطی ، خطا sai lầm ngu ngốc
2 (slang) a woman's breast. bors ثَدْيُ المَرأَه женски гърди prsa patte die Titte γυναικείο στήθος (λαϊκ.) teta rind, tiss پستان naisen rinta poitrine שָׁדָיִים स्त्री की छातियां sise mafla payudara skammar-/aulaverðlaun tetta 乳房 (속어) 여자의 유방 papas pupi buah dada tiet pupp cycek peito буфера; сиськи prs, cecok jošk(i) ženske grudi patt, tutte หน้าอกผู้หญิง meme (俚)乳房 цицьки عورت کا سینہ ngực phụ nữ (俚)
v
to make a mistake. fouteer يُخْطِئ правя грешка udělat blbost kludre i det; dumme sig einen Schnitzer machen κάνω γκάφα meter la pata prohmakat tegema اشتباه لپی کردن epäonnistua faire une gaffe לִשגוֹת गलती करना učiniti propust hibázik membuat kesalahan mistakast, klikka fare un errore へまをやる 실수하다 padaryti liapsusą muļķīgi/stulbi kļūdīties buat silap een flater slaan rote strzelić gafę errar a face o gafă опростоволоситься urobiť hlúposť zagrešiti napako pogrešiti klanta (dabba) sig ทำพลาด hata/falso yapmak, pot kırmak 犯錯 помилитися غلطی کرنا mắc sai lầm ngốc nghếch


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