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boob
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What does boob mean?
noun
- (informal) A mistake.
verb
- To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
- (informal) To make a mistake.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
- A prison; jail.
- (dated, derogatory, informal) An idiot; a fool.
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/bub/
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He was not satisfied to leave the honors with this "snip of an American girl," and evolved a plan of verbal assault which was to bring the provincial upstart to her senses, only to discover that she had a dozen defenses for each attack, and to find himself, for two consecutive, disconcerting minutes, wondering if perchance he might be a "boob."