Associations to the word «Booby»

BOOBY, noun. A stupid person.

BOOBY, noun. (by extension) Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.

BOOBY, verb. (rare) (intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.

BOOBY, verb. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

BOOBY, noun. (slang) a woman’s breast

BOOBY HATCH, noun. Alternative form of booby-hatch

BOOBY HUT, noun. (US) (dialect) (dated) A carriage body put upon sleigh runners.

BOOBY HUTCH, noun. (dated) A clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England.

BOOBY PRIZE, noun. (idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.

BOOBY PRIZES, noun. Plural of booby prize

BOOBY TRAP, noun. (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object

BOOBY TRAP, noun. (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall

BOOBY TRAPS, noun. Plural of booby trap

BOOBY, noun. An ignorant or foolish person.

BOOBY, noun. Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.