Meaning

4 senses
  1. A stupid person.

    Tölpel, Narr, Depp

    балда́baldá, олухolux, о́лушаóluša

    an ignorant or foolish person

  2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.

  3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.

  4. (childish, colloquial)A breast.

    Titte

    бу́ферbúfer

    ци́цькаcýcʹka, ци́цяcýcja

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom won the booby prize.

    Том отримав утішний приз.

    deTom hat den Trostpreis bekommen.

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  2. It's booby-trapped.

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  3. There are no booby traps here.

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  4. Ziri came up against a few booby traps.

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  5. Ziri found a few booby traps in the area.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
woman’s breast:
Русский
By meaning 3
stupid person:
bird:
woman’s breast:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stupid person:
woman’s breast:

Origin

17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). From the earlier form

17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

From the earlier form bubby.

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