Booby - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbuːbɪ|
Brit.
|ˈbuːbɪ|
noun
- an ignorant or foolish person (syn: boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead)
- small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
- small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
Extra examples
Don't be such a booby!
I never got a single prize while at school, and once sat booby at the annual public examination.
Someone had rigged a booby trap that blew up the car when the engine was started.
We set a booby trap by balancing a bucket of water on top of the door so that it would fall on him when he came in.
He lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast.
Word forms
noun
singular: booby
plural: boobies
singular: booby
plural: boobies
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