1
: a stupid awkward person : simpleton
2
: boor, philistine
compared to the civilized and educated European, the American seemed a boob—
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boobed; boobing; boobs
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Noun (2)
made an embarrassing boob on a chat show that had all of London laughing
Verb
it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Patrons wore costumes and decorated ornaments with boobs, snowmen in thongs and funny sayings.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Celebrity Beauty The 30-year-old pop star also got candid about her plans for a boob job.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Her son Thomas, on the other hand, debuted a pair of NSFW slippers that looked like two boobs.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Patrons wore costumes and decorated ornaments with boobs, snowmen in thongs and funny sayings.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Celebrity Beauty The 30-year-old pop star also got candid about her plans for a boob job.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Boob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boob. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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