booby /ˈbuːbi/noun 4adjective 3verb 2forms 7phrases 1 noun4 •A stupid person.The daughter is said to be well-bred and beautiful; the son an awkward booby, reared up and spoiled at his mother's apron-string. — 1773 •(informal) A breast.At ten o’clock she was lying on the divan with her boobies in her hands. — 1934 •Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.At which time, some Boobyes, weary of flight, made our Ship their pearch, an animall so simple as suffers any to take her without feare, as if a stupid sense made her carelesse of danger... — 1638 •In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.A booby may displace another booby or a bridged ball by roquet, ricochet, or concussion. — 1863 adjective3 •(informal) Displaying breasts prominently.I put on boxer shorts and a strappy baby-doll dress that floated from my ribs comfortably. It was a bit booby. Leftover pre-period bloat, I guess. — 2021 •(informal) Having large breasts.Can I borrow your pink lacey bra? Why? You're like three sizes boobier than me? — 2021 •(slang, no longer used) Stupid; unintelligent. verb2 •To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.Self Boobied. Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island, Fla., accidentally tripped on one of the shotgun shell booby traps he had installed — 1976 •(rare) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.Who lounge and who loot, and who booby about, / No knowledge within, and no manners without — 1824 formsboobied · boobying · boobies · boobier · more booby · boobiest · most booby Phrases with booby booby prizeA prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
