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BNC: 27554 COCA: 16713

boob

1 of 4

noun (1)

1
: a stupid awkward person : simpleton
2
: boor, philistine
compared to the civilized and educated European, the American seemed a boob J. T. Farrell
boobish adjective

boob

2 of 4

noun (2)

British

boob

3 of 4

verb

boobed; boobing; boobs

intransitive verb

British
: goof sense 2
realised that he had boobed by paying too much

boob

4 of 4

noun (3)

sometimes vulgar
: breast

Example Sentences

Verb it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1), Noun (2), and Verb

short for booby entry 1

Noun (3)

short for booby entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1959, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1914, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

circa 1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boob was in 1907

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