as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
made an embarrassing boob on a chat show that had all of London laughing
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as in to fumble
to make a mistake
it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it
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Recent Examples of boob
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boob
Noun
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That portrays the Court as an institution that has made historic mistakes on citizenship and need not be trusted as the sole authority on the meaning of the Constitution.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Weiner, the director of government and elections at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the legal deadlines were set in part so that there would be time to make revisions before the Electoral Votes were cast in the event of a mistake or legal challenge.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Now, contrast that to the recent experience of Ravens tight end Mark Andrews who, as every devoted local football fan will recall, both fumbled and dropped a crucial two-point conversion pass in a must-win playoff game against the Buffalo Bills.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Like Fuhrman, many were nervous about teachers fumbling over technology and classmates not paying attention.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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When the 'lightbulb went off' The stars aligned when one day in 1984, Ho stumbled upon a vast piece of coastal land in Bang Tao Bay in Phuket, Thailand.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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During his Inauguration performance, Billy Ray seemed to stumble through his performance with major technical difficulties.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
23 Jan. 2025
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The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency’s rising Gen Z employees led by social media manager, Kriska Thompson (Shamoun).—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Cam Revolution Modern trail cams started appearing in the 1980s with the advent of motion sensors that could trip a camera shutter.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zach Werenski, who has been one of the NHL’s elite performers this season, simply tripped while all alone carrying the puck up the ice on the power play.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Boob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boob. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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