Booby

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person regarded as stupid.
  • n. Any of several tropical sea birds of the genus Sula, resembling and related to the gannets.
  • n. Vulgar Slang A woman's breast.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stupid person.
  • n. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
  • n. a woman’s breast
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
  • n.
  • n. A swimming bird (Sula fiber or Sula 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 -- unafraid of men, it allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, Sula piscator, the red-footed booby; and Sula nebouxii, the blue-footed booby.
  • n. A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
  • adj. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stupid fellow; a dull or foolish person; a lubber.
  • n. The pupil at the foot of a class; the dunce of the class or of the school.
  • n. In progressive euchre, the player who has failed most conspicuously in the game.
  • n. The name of various species of brown and white gannets, birds of the family Sulidœ, genus Sula.
  • n. In New England, a hack on runners; a sleigh kept for hire.
  • Of or pertaining to a booby or boobies; foolish; stupid.
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  • n. small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
  • n. an ignorant or foolish person
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gannet    simpleton    simple   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dunce    stupid    blockhead    Sulid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Newby    Ruby    Scooby    looby    ruby   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fox-hunting    trip-wire    hard-riding    egotist    schoolboy    lout    uncultured   
     
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