English

Noun

boob ‎(plural ****)

1. (informal, pejorative) Idiot, fool.
   • 1914, George Vere Hobart, ****, as Seen by John Henry, OCLC 14521032, page 75:

     Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the **** squeal.

2. (slang) A breast, especially that of a human adult or adolescent female.
   • 1945, James T Farrell, Judgement Day, OCLC 186789080, page 314:

     Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her ****.

   • 1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256:

     Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.

   • 2013, book cover for Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob by Kim Haskan

     Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.

Translations

Adjective

boob ‎(not comparable)

1. (informal, pejorative) Idiotic, foolish.
   • 1971, Robert Beck, The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim, ISBN 0870674145, page 220:

     Brother, to survive we must strip our total beings of any boob black bourgeoisie values and creampuff attitudes toward the horror in America which we might have absorbed.

Verb

boob ‎(third-person singular simple present ****, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed)

1. To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
   • 1969, Colin Watson, The Flaxborough Chronicle, OCLC 26730196, page 250:

     After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.

2. (informal, intransitive) To make a mistake
   • 1969, “Alchemy”, in The Canadian Forum, volume 49, page 211:

     ...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he **** in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.

Anagrams

• bobo, Bobo