Booby
11booby — a mentally ill person Literally, a fool. Usually in a phrase such as booby hatch or hutch, an institution for the insane: A year later the bride was in the booby hatch. (Sohmer, 1988) Check the booby hutches... for escapees.… …
12booby — UK [ˈbuːbɪ] / US [ˈbubɪ] noun [countable] Word forms booby : singular booby plural boobies informal old fashioned a stupid person …
13booby — noun Booby is used before these nouns: ↑prize, ↑trap …
14booby — n A stupid or foolish person That booby, Claude McCann, left the tiger cage open again! 1690s …
15booby — noun (C) informal a silly or stupid person booby hatch / .. ./ noun (singular) AmE old fashioned a mental hospital …
16booby — I. /ˈbubi / (say boohbee) noun (plural boobies) 1. a stupid or awkward person. 2. the worst student, player, etc., of a group. 3. any of various large, robust seabirds, closely related to gannets, having long wings and wedge shaped tails, and… …
17booby — padūkėliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Sula angl. booby vok. Tölpel, m rus. олуша, f pranc. fou, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – padūkėliniai siauresnis terminas – Aboto padūkėlis siauresnis terminas – australinis… …
18Booby Island (Queensland) — Schrägluftbild Gewässer Torres Straße Geographische …
19Booby Island (Queensland) — Booby Island is an island West of Muttee Heads at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland, Australia. This island in the Torres Strait, south of Thursday Island and Prince of Wales Island.hipwrecksIn the 19th century …
20Booby hatch — Booby Boo by (b[=oo] b[y^]), n.; pl. {Boobies} ( b[i^]z). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.] [1913 Webster] 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber} or {Sula sula})… …
