# boob
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuːb/
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* Rhymes: -uːb

### Etymology 1

Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.

#### Noun

boob (plural boobs)
* (informal, derogatory, Canada, US) An idiot; a fool.
** 1914, George Vere Hobart, Boobs, as Seen by John Henry, →OCLC, page 75:Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.
** 1990, “Look At All Those Idiots” (track 9), in The Simpsons Sing The Blues (1990)‎, performed by The Simpsons:[BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?
** 2008 April 30, “Cher: I was crazy about Tom Cruise”, in Marie Claire‎:He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.
* (informal, British) A mistake.

##### Derived terms

* boobery
* boobish
* booboisie

##### Translations
#### Verb

boob (third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed)
* To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
** 1969, Colin Watson, The Flaxborough Chronicle, →OCLC, page 250:After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.
* (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 boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.

##### Derived terms

* boob up

### Etymology 2

Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.

#### Noun

boob (plural boobs)
* (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
** 1935, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan; A Trilogy, →OCLC, Judgement Day:Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.
** 1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256:Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.
** 2013, Kim Haskan, Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob, book cover:Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:breasts

##### Derived terms

* bewb
* big boob
* big-boob
* booba
* boobage
* boob augmentation
* boob cancer
* boob envy
* boobfeed
* boobfeeder
* boobfest
* boobgasm
* Boobgate
* boobilicious
* boob implant
* boobitis
* boob job
* boob juice
* boobless
* boob light
* booblike
* boob milk
* boobocracy
* boob reduction
* boob-sling
* boobtacular
* boobtastic
* boob tube
* boobular
* boob window
* foob
* free-boob
* man boob, man-boob, manboob
* megaboob
* moob
* outboob
* side-boob
* sideboob
* side boob
* underboob

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.

#### Noun

boob (plural boobs)
* (Australia, US) A prison; jail. [from 20th c.]
** 1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26:
    Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain was was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.
** 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 29:I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.

### Anagrams

* Bo-Bo, Bobo, bobo, obbo

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boob.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bub/

### Noun

boob f (plural boobs)
* (slang, anglicism, chiefly in the plural) breast
** 2014 October 30, Bertrand Ferrier, Le point de vue du panda: Le dico des mots sans dico - Humour, Max Milo, →ISBN:« […] Ses premiers francs en poche, Nabilla avait foncé chez le chirurgien pour pimper ses boobs. »" […] With her first francs in her pocket, Nabilla had rushed to the surgeon to pimp her boobs."
** 2019 February 6, Margot D. Bortoli, Projet Rebirth, BMR, →ISBN:Mes boobs ! je continue de m’époumoner en désignant mes seins. — Ils n’ont jamais vraiment disparu Grace... Je lui lance un regard torve et attrape mon sac et mes dossiers avant de courir vers la sortie."My boobs!" I continue yelling, pointing to my breasts. "They never really disappeared, Grace..." I throw her a menacing look and grab my bag and files before running to the exit.