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boo·by
/ˈbubi/
獃子,傻瓜
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Boo·by
n.
;
pl
.
Boobies
1.
A
dunce
;
a
stupid
fellow
.
2.
Zool.
(a)
A
swimming
bird
(
Sula fiber
or
Sula 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
--
unafraid
of
men
,
it
allows
itself
to
be
caught
by
a
simple
and
undisguised
approach
.
The
name
is
also
sometimes
applied
to
other
species
of
gannets
;
as
,
Sula piscator
,
the
red-footed booby
;
and
Sula nebouxii
,
the
blue-footed booby
.
(b)
A
species
of
penguin
of
the
antarctic
seas
.
Booby hatch
(a)
Naut.
,
a
kind
of
wooden
hood
over
a
hatch
,
readily
removable
.
(b)
,
an
insane
asylum
. [
Colloq
.]
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 prize
,
an
award
for
the
poorest
performance
in
a
competition
;
hence
,
metaphorically
,
the
recognition
of
a
strikingly
inferior
or
incompetent
performance
.
Booby trap
(a)
,
a
schoolboy's
practical
joke
,
as
a
shower
bath
when
a
door
is
opened
.
(b)
,
any
concealed
device
causing
surprise
or
injury
when
a
usually
harmless
object
is
touched
; --
in
military
operations
,
typically
containing
an
explosive
charge
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Boo·by
a.
Having
the
characteristics
of
a
booby
;
stupid
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
booby
n
1:
an
ignorant
or
foolish
person
[
syn
:
dumbbell
,
dummy
,
dope
,
boob
,
pinhead
]
2:
small
tropical
gannet
having
a
bright
bill
or
bright
feet
or
both
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