boob
noun
[ buːb ]
• an embarrassing mistake.
• "the boob was spotted by a security expert at the show"
• a foolish or stupid person.
• "why was that boob given a key investigation?"
boob
verb
• make an embarrassing mistake.
• "we found that we had boobed and the booking was for the previous week"
Origin:
early 20th century: abbreviation of booby1.
boob
noun
• a woman's breast.
Origin:
1930s (originally US): abbreviation of booby2, from dialect bubby, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German dialect Bübbi ‘teat’.
