booby
A stupid personA stupid person.
» Tom won the booby prize.
Tom hat den Trostpreis bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том отримав утішний приз. — deniko
Том виграв утішний приз. — deniko
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4 sensesA stupid person.
Tölpel, Narr, Depp
балда́baldá, олухolux, о́лушаóluša
an ignorant or foolish person
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
(childish, colloquial)A breast.
Titte
бу́ферbúfer
ци́цькаcýcʹka, ци́цяcýcja
Examples
9 sentencesTom won the booby prize.
Том отримав утішний приз. — deniko
deTom hat den Trostpreis bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's booby-trapped.
There are no booby traps here.
Ziri came up against a few booby traps.
Ziri found a few booby traps in the area.
Translations
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Origin
17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). From the earlier form17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).
From the earlier form bubby.
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