BOOB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boob mean? 

• BOOB (noun)
  The noun BOOB has 2 senses:

1. an ignorant or foolish person

2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

  Familiarity information: BOOB used as a noun is rare.

• BOOB (verb)
  The verb BOOB has 1 sense:

1. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

  Familiarity information: BOOB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ignorant or foolish person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

boob; booby; dope; dumbbell; dummy; pinhead

Hypernyms ("boob" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

Derivation:

boob (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

boob; bosom; breast; knocker; tit; titty

Hypernyms ("boob" is a kind of...):

mamma; mammary gland (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

Meronyms (parts of "boob"):

lactiferous duct (ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple)

areola; ring of color (small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite)

Holonyms ("boob" is a part of...):

adult female body; woman's body (the body of an adult woman)

• BOOB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they boob    ... he / she / it boobs   
Past simple: boobed   
Past participle: boobed   
-ing form: boobing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

blunder; boob; drop the ball; goof; sin

Context example:

I blundered during the job interview

Hypernyms (to "boob" is one way to...):

breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

boob (an ignorant or foolish person)