booby
noun/ˈbuːbi/
/ˈbuːbi/
(plural boobies)
- (informal) a stupid person
- Don't be such a booby!
- [usually plural] (informal) a word for a breast, used especially by children
- a large tropical bird with brightly coloured feet that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2
Word Originsense 1 and sense 3 early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus ‘stammering’. sense 2 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German dialect Bübbi ‘teat’.
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