booby
(noun) small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
(noun) an ignorant or foolish person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
booby (plural boobies)
A stupid person.
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
• (stupid person): fool
• (large tropical seabird): sulid
booby (third-person singular simple present boobies, present participle boobying, simple past and past participle boobied)
(rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
(transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.
booby (plural boobies)
(colloquial) A woman’s breast.
Synonym: Thesaurus:breast
• yobbo
Source: Wiktionary
Boo"by, n.; pl. Boobies. Etym: [Sp. bobe dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable.
– Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
– Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. Forby.
– Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened.
Boo"by, a.
Definition: Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
