English language

How to pronounce booby in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead
Type of simple, simpleton
Type Words
Type of gannet

Examples of booby

booby
But critics say the centre could help push the booby to the brink of extinction.
From the newscientist.com
The bus attack was in northern Baghdad, where a booby-trapped car struck the bus.
From the upi.com
Tracks have various booby traps, like crabs on a beach that jump in front of you.
From the nytimes.com
He does not know if any of the home booby traps have used armor-piercing devices.
From the edition.cnn.com
Maddison went first, setting off two booby-traps and getting both her map pieces.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bira is a short, technical circuit, sprinkled with booby traps for the novice.
From the bloomberg.com
The booby in my viewfinder leans first left, then right to see what I'm doing.
From the thenewstribune.com
I got in and a booby trap grenade blew up and knocked the tracks off the Snowbird.
From the heraldtribune.com
The booby prize this year for Dirtiest City in America goes to Fresno, California.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Dumbbell: an ignorant or foolish person
  • Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
  • A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.
  • A stupid person; Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid
  • A type of bird that has little fear and therefore is particularly easy to catch, hence booby prize.
  • A sea bird that dives and feeds on fish in warm seas; of the genus Sula
  • Common name for some members of the family Sulidae, large, streamlined sea birds. Tropical and subtropical members of the family are called boobies; those of northern waters are called gannets. Gannets have strong migration tendencies, while the boobies do not. ...
  • Is a female Majin spawn created by Majin Buu in a quest to find a love partner. In 790 Age, Buu accidentally reads one of Mr. Satan's adult books, "Bob & Margaret", causing him to long for love. ...