boob

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boob ¹

 (bo͞ob)

n. Slang

A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.

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[Short for booby.]

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boob ²

 (bo͞ob)

n. Slang

1. A woman's breast.

2. A manboob.

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[Short for booby.]

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boob

(buːb)

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

[C20: back formation from booby]

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boob

(buːb)

n

a prison

adj

of poor quality, similar to that provided in prison: boob coffee.

[from the US colloquial sense of booby hatch meaning jail]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

boob¹

(bub)

n. Slang.

1. fool1 (defs. 1, 3).

v.i.

2. Brit. to blunder.

[1905–10, Amer.; back formation from booby¹]

boob²

(bub)

n. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.

a woman's breast.

[1930–35; appar. back formation from booby²]

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

boob

Past participle: boobed
Gerund: boobing

Imperative

boob

boob

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boob - an ignorant or foolish person   booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell, dummy simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	2.	boob - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman tit, titty, breast, knocker, bosom 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
Verb	1.	boob - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin 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"

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Translations

ثَدْيِ المَرأَهخَطَأٌيُخْطِئ

botachybaprsaudělat blbost

bommertdumme sigkludre i detpatte

TitteSchnitzer

mama

gaffelolomamellenibardrobert

mistakast, klikkamistök

erroremammella

liapsusaspadaryti liapsusąpapas

muļķīga kļūdamuļķīgi/stulbi kļūdītiespupistulbība

flausepupprote

falsohatahata/falso yapmakkadın göğsümeme

乳房犯错错误

boob

[buːb]

A. N

1. (Brit) (= mistake) → metedura f de pata
to make a boob → meter la pata

2. (= breast) → teta f

B. VI → meter la pata

C. CPD boob tube N (US) (= TV set) → televisor m; (= garment) → camiseta-tubo f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

boob

[ˈbuːb]

n

(= breast) → nichon m

(British) (= mistake) → gaffe f

vi → gafferboob job n → opération 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]

n → objet m piégé

vt
to booby-trap sth → piéger qchbooby-trapped [ˈbuːbitræpt] adj → piégé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

boob

n

(Brit inf: = mistake) → Schnitzer m (inf); a common boob → ein häufig gemachter Fehler

(inf: = woman’s breast) → Brust f; big boobs → große Titten pl → or Möpse pl (sl)

vi (Brit inf) → einen Schnitzer machen (inf); (= fail) → Mist bauen (inf); somebody boobed, I didn’t get the letter → da hat jemand was verbockt (inf), → ich habe den Brief überhaupt nicht gekriegt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

boob

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

boob

(buːb) noun

1. a mistake. Forgetting to invite her to the party was a real boob. blaps, fout خَطَأٌ грешка erro chyba, bota der Schnitzer bommert γκάφαmetedura de pata prohmakas اشتباه لپی virhe gaffeשגיאה गलती propust hiba kesalahan mistök errore へま 큰 실수 liapsusas muļķīga kļūda; stulbība kesilapan flaterflause, tabbe gafa سهوه، اشتباه erro gafă промашка hlúposť groba napaka kiks tabbe ความผิดพลาด hata, pot, falso 錯誤 помилка غلطی ، خطا sai lầm ngu ngốc 错误

2. (slang) a woman's breast. bors ثَدْيِ المَرأَه женски гърди peito prsa die Titte patte γυναικείο στήθος (λαϊκ.) teta rind, tiss پستان naisen rinta poitrine שָׁדָיִים महिला का स्तन grudi cici payudara skammar-/aulaverðlaun tetta 乳房 젖통 papas pupi buah dada tietpupp cycek تی peito буфера; сиськи cecok jošk(i) dojka patt, tutte หน้าอกผู้หญิง meme, kadın göğsü （俚）乳房 цицька عورت کی چھاتی ngực phụ nữ （俚）乳房

verb

to make a mistake. fouteer يُخْطِئ правя грешка errar udělat blbost einen Schnitzer machen kludre i det; dumme sig κάνω γκάφαmeter 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 اشتباه کول 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 犯错

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boob

n (fam o vulg) mama, seno, pecho

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