Definition of Boby
Boo"by (b&oomac;"b&ybreve;), n.; pl.
Boobies (-b&ibreve;z). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf.
L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A
swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common
gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so
called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes
applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed
booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic
seas.
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 when a
door is opened.
Boo"by (b&oomac;"b&ybreve;), a. Having
the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
BOOBY, or DOG BOOBY. An awkward lout, clodhopper, or
country fellow. See CLODHOPPER and LOUT. A bitch
booby; a country wench.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Any of various tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula, resembling gannets; rests at night in the rigging of sailing ships from where it is easy to catch
- (by extension) a stupid person
- (slang) a woman's breast
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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