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单词 boo-boo
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Definition of boo-boo in English:

boo-boo

nounPlural boo-boosˈbuːbuːˈbubu
informal
  • 1A mistake.

    I get the impression I just made a boo-boo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • No one pays much attention to the nepotism in politics, until someone's sibling makes a boo-boo.
    • Here's a list of some of the biggest boo-boos that pilots make with aviation insurance
    • It's typical of me to get the technicalities right and then go and make a boo-boo in the text.
    • Lucy gives me watertight fashion advice - if I involve her every step of the way, I don't make fashion boo-boos.
    • Well, one of the wonderful things we know is that politicians will never admit they made a boo-boo, a real boo-boo.
    • Other manufacturers have made some boo-boos too.
    • Just when you think you've cracked this racing game, along comes a considerable boo-boo to remind you that you are human.
    • At this point, let me pause to say that my big boo-boo had already been committed.
    • This is a big boo-boo and any knowledgable pasta person will tell you not to.
    • Finally Tully, my keeper of the dictionary, both you and your efficient secretary are still unable to pick up your spelling boo-boos.
    • You published some boo-boos about ‘Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century.’
    • In all fairness, we often criticise the referee, but he definitely made a boo-boo that day.
    • Look like they've realised their boo-boo at last.
    • If this is happening, can you imagine what other boo-boos are being perpetrated?
    • You're right, there probably aren't any glaring errors but I have actually found weird boo-boos here and there.
    • Not before Richard makes a big boo-boo, however.
    • But if I have made an embarrassing boo-boo I have to admit it.
    • You could make a big boo-boo if you make a roast beef dinner and they're a vegetarian,’ she said.
    • There were a couple of minor boo-boos in the tutorial.
    • And so today I made a boo-boo on the website's structure, and my backup disappeared.
    Synonyms
    error, mistake, miscalculation, fallacy, slip, oversight, fault, blunder, gaffe, defect, flaw
    1. 1.1North American A minor injury.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather, all she saw was poor innocent little Ryan showing everybody his big nasty boo-boo.
      • Then, with the air of a motherly adult babying her child, he said, ‘why don't you get your mama to kiss your little boo-boo, you poor thing…?’
      • I filled the huge bathtub with warm water and got in careful not to slip because my brother slipped one time and got a huge boo-boo, he also cried a lot.
      • I didn't want someone to ‘kiss my boo-boo to make it better,’ but I did want someone.
      • We didn't breath a word about what had happened, just let the doctors X-ray our fractured bones and wrap up our boo-boos.
      • Whether they're helping their kids with a science project, kissing boo-boos or waking up for midnight feedings, many modern-day dads are deep in the parenting trenches.
      • Everyone says kisses make boo-boos feel better and go away.
      • ‘In that case, maybe you should kiss all my boo-boos,’ I grinned devilishly.
      • She is the primal Mommy whose kisses magically fix our boo-boos.

Origin

1950s (originally US): reduplication of boob1.

 
 

Definition of boo-boo in US English:

boo-boo

nounˈbo͞obo͞oˈbubu
informal
  • 1A mistake.

    you could make a big boo-boo if you leap to any drastic conclusions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Finally Tully, my keeper of the dictionary, both you and your efficient secretary are still unable to pick up your spelling boo-boos.
    • Look like they've realised their boo-boo at last.
    • Not before Richard makes a big boo-boo, however.
    • If this is happening, can you imagine what other boo-boos are being perpetrated?
    • It's typical of me to get the technicalities right and then go and make a boo-boo in the text.
    • This is a big boo-boo and any knowledgable pasta person will tell you not to.
    • Other manufacturers have made some boo-boos too.
    • But if I have made an embarrassing boo-boo I have to admit it.
    • You're right, there probably aren't any glaring errors but I have actually found weird boo-boos here and there.
    • Well, one of the wonderful things we know is that politicians will never admit they made a boo-boo, a real boo-boo.
    • In all fairness, we often criticise the referee, but he definitely made a boo-boo that day.
    • And so today I made a boo-boo on the website's structure, and my backup disappeared.
    • Just when you think you've cracked this racing game, along comes a considerable boo-boo to remind you that you are human.
    • There were a couple of minor boo-boos in the tutorial.
    • No one pays much attention to the nepotism in politics, until someone's sibling makes a boo-boo.
    • Here's a list of some of the biggest boo-boos that pilots make with aviation insurance
    • You published some boo-boos about ‘Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century.’
    • You could make a big boo-boo if you make a roast beef dinner and they're a vegetarian,’ she said.
    • Lucy gives me watertight fashion advice - if I involve her every step of the way, I don't make fashion boo-boos.
    • At this point, let me pause to say that my big boo-boo had already been committed.
    Synonyms
    error, mistake, miscalculation, fallacy, slip, oversight, fault, blunder, gaffe, defect, flaw
    1. 1.1North American A minor injury, such as a scratch.
      there is no one to kiss the boo-boo!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I filled the huge bathtub with warm water and got in careful not to slip because my brother slipped one time and got a huge boo-boo, he also cried a lot.
      • Whether they're helping their kids with a science project, kissing boo-boos or waking up for midnight feedings, many modern-day dads are deep in the parenting trenches.
      • We didn't breath a word about what had happened, just let the doctors X-ray our fractured bones and wrap up our boo-boos.
      • She is the primal Mommy whose kisses magically fix our boo-boos.
      • Rather, all she saw was poor innocent little Ryan showing everybody his big nasty boo-boo.
      • I didn't want someone to ‘kiss my boo-boo to make it better,’ but I did want someone.
      • ‘In that case, maybe you should kiss all my boo-boos,’ I grinned devilishly.
      • Everyone says kisses make boo-boos feel better and go away.
      • Then, with the air of a motherly adult babying her child, he said, ‘why don't you get your mama to kiss your little boo-boo, you poor thing…?’

Origin

1950s (originally US): reduplication of boob.

 
 
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