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Vinony

booby

noun

  1. female breast
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English boob Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English booby From boob + -y.

  1. Displaying breasts prominently.

    “If it's too tight, I don't want the fat coming out heeya?' She points to the danger spot, where upper arm brushes against glorious bosom, and the top of a strapless dress can cut an unsightly line. 'Am I very booby? Do I look very chesty?'”

    “We did a photoshoot the week before and she took the dress from the shoot and said: "I want to wear this for the awards next week. Her publicist was like, "Don't you think it's a bit 'booby' for a kids event?" But she wore it anyway!'”

  2. Having large breasts.

    “Can I borrow your pink lacey bra? Why? You're like three sizes boobier than me?”

noun

Etymology: From the earlier form bubby.

  1. A breast.

    “At ten o’clock she was lying on the divan with her boobies in her hands.”

    “Got my neck, got my boobies / Got my heart, got my soul / Got my back, I got my sex”

verb

Etymology: 17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)).

  1. To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.

    “Who lounge and who loot, and who booby about, / No knowledge within, and no manners without;”

  2. To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

    “Self Boobied. Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island, Fla., accidentally tripped on one of the shotgun shell booby traps he had installed”