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单词 boobing
释义

boob

1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈbüb How to pronounce boob (audio)
1
: a stupid awkward person : simpleton
2
: boor, philistine
compared to the civilized and educated European, the American seemed a boob J. T. Farrell
boobish
ˈbü-bish How to pronounce boob (audio)
adjective

boob

2 of 4

noun (2)

British
: mistake, blunder

boob

3 of 4

verb

boobed; boobing; boobs

intransitive verb

British
: goof sense 2
realised that he had boobed by paying too much

boob

4 of 4

noun (3)

sometimes vulgar
: breast

Synonyms

Noun (2)

  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boo-boo
  • brick
  • clanger [British]
  • clinker
  • error
  • fault
  • flub
  • fluff
  • fumble
  • gaff
  • gaffe
  • goof
  • inaccuracy
  • lapse
  • miscue
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • oversight
  • screwup
  • slip
  • slipup
  • stumble
  • trip

Verb

  • blunder
  • err
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foul up
  • fumble
  • goof (up)
  • louse up
  • mess (up)
  • screw up
  • slip up
  • stumble
  • trip
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Example Sentences

Verb it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1), Noun (2), and Verb

short for booby entry 1

Noun (3)

short for booby entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1959, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1914, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

circa 1931, in the meaning defined above

boobing

verb

present participle of boob, British
as in fumbling
to make a mistake it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fumbling
  • stumbling
  • tripping
  • blundering
  • fluffing
  • flubbing
  • slipping up
  • nodding
  • fouling up
  • screwing up
  • misunderstanding
  • muffing
  • mistaking
  • erring
  • bobbling
  • bungling
  • dropping the ball
  • lousing up
  • misdeeming
  • mangling
  • murdering
  • laying an egg
  • misconceiving
  • butchering
  • botching
  • goofing (up)
  • misjudging
  • miscounting
  • miscuing
  • miscalculating
  • misgauging
  • messing (up)
  • mishandling
  • misgaging
  • misinterpreting
  • misconstruing
  • foozling
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