boob

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noun (1)

ˈbüb

Synonyms of boob next

: a stupid awkward person : simpleton

: boor, philistine

compared to the civilized and educated European, the American seemed a boob—

J. T. Farrell

boobish

ˈbü-bish

adjective

boob

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verb

boobed; boobing; boobs

intransitive verb

British

: goof sense 2

realised that he had boobed by paying too much

boob

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Examples of boob in a Sentence

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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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 See all Example Sentences for boob