boob
Plural: boobs
Noun
- an ignorant or foolish person
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- An idiot; a fool.
- A mistake.
- A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
- A prison; jail.
Verb
Verb Forms: boobed, boobing, boobs
- To make a foolish mistake; to blunder.
- commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
- To make a mistake.
Examples
- Don’t boob by forgetting to check for parallel plays.
Origin / Etymology
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Synonyms
blunder, booby, bosom, breast, dope, drop the ball, dumbbell, dummy, goof, knocker, pinhead, sin, tit, titty, breasts
Scrabble Score: 8
boob: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordboob: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boob: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary