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单词 booby
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booby1

/ˈbuːbi /
noun (plural boobies)
1A stupid person.But you do rather wonder whether she won't get tired of someone who is either a tongue-tied booby or a rapier-twitching ‘rattle’.

Synonyms

idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, moron, cretin, imbecile, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop, duffer, jackass;
bungler, blunderer
informal dope, chump, clot, clod, nitwit, dimwit, wally, airhead, birdbrain, lamebrain, pea-brain, numbskull, thickhead, fathead, blockhead, bonehead, meathead, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, pinhead, cloth-head, wooden-head, dipstick, dumb-bell, dumbhead, dumbo, dum-dum, noodle, nerd, ninny, ass, donkey
British informal berk, divvy, nit, numpty, goat, mug, pillock, prat, silly billy, wazzock, muppet
Scottish informal balloon, cuddy, galoot, nyaff
North American informal doofus, goof, goofball, goofus, putz, bozo, lamer, boob, chowderhead, meatball, lummox, dummy, turkey, clunk, ding-a-ling, dip, palooka, poop
Australian/New Zealand informal galah, drongo, alec, alick, dingbat, nong
vulgar slang arsehole, dick, dildo, fuckwit
British vulgar slang arse, knobhead
North American vulgar slang asshat
2A large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and brightly coloured feet.
  • Genus Sula, family Sulidae: several species.
And don't miss the Brac's colonies of brown boobies and white-tailed tropic birds....
  • The Pacific seabirds called brown boobies lay two eggs but hardly ever fledge more than one chick.
  • Boobies that nest on the ground, the masked gannet and the brown booby, are also found on remote cays of the Great Barrier Reef.

Origin

Early 17th century: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus 'stammering'.

Rhymes

booby2

/ˈbuːbi /
noun (plural boobies) informal
A woman’s breast.It was, like, enhancing nothing and I couldn't even get my boobies played with anymore....
  • They trusted my judgment that there would be sunshine and boobies, basically.
  • Instead, I get a bunch of overweight, smelly computer geeks while the dance co-op gets girls with big boobies and guys with long willies.

Origin

1930s: alteration of dialect bubby (see boob2).

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