Booby definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOO'BY, n. 1. A ... an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead] 2: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or ... to N Peru and on the Galá pagos Islands. The booby has a long bill, cigar-shaped body, and long, narrow ... a small gannet of the genus Sula. Phrases and idioms: booby-hatch esp. US sl. a mental hospital. booby prize a prize given to the least successful competitor in any contest. booby trap 1 a trap intended as a practical joke, ...
booby-trap definitions Merriam Webster's transitive verb see booby trap Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also booby trap(booby-traps, booby-trapping, booby-trapped) 1. A booby-trap is something such as ...
booby trap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... on or driven over [syn: land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trap] 2: an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty [syn: pitfall, booby trap] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1850 1. a trap ... to go off when some harmless-looking object is touched • booby-trap transitive verb U.S. Military Dictionary (*) An explosive or ... a normally safe act is performed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, ...
booby hatch definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house ... a ship 2. a psychiatric hospital Webster's 1913 Dictionary Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower ...
Booby hutch definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath ... the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc. 1811 Dictionary of ...
Booby hut definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath ...
booby prize definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... 2. an acknowledgment of notable inferiority Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (booby prizes) The booby prize is a prize given as a joke to the ...
Booby gannet definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gannet Gan"net, n ... gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. Booby gannet. See Sula.
... an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead] 2: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular ... v.intr. Brit. make an embarrassing mistake. Etymology: abbr. of BOOBY 2. n. sl. a woman's breast. Phrases and idioms ... the) US television; one's television set. Etymology: earlier bubby, booby, of uncert. orig. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (boobs, boobing, boobed ... COUNT Moby Thesaurus Babbitt, Philistine, asshole, babe, bag, boeotian, boobs, booby, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, chest, chump, cinch, credulous person ...
... component. Explosive hazards include unexploded explosive ordnance (including land mines), booby traps (some booby traps are nonexplosive), improvised explosive devices (which are an improvised type of booby trap), captured enemy ammunition, and bulk explosives. Also called EH ...
... o]g] 1. A cuckoo. --Johnson. 2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gawk Gawk, v ... V Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Clown, boor, booby, awkward simpleton, lout, bumpkin, gawky. Moby Thesaurus ass, be amazed ...
... Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay ...
Boobies definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Booby Boo"by (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. Boobies (-b ... other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
... gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. Booby gannet. See Sula. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (gannets) Gannets are ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Solan-goose, noddy, booby (Sula bassana).