English-Thai Dictionary

booby

N คนโง่ ทึ่ม  dunce blockhead dolt genious wit sage

 

booby hatch

SL โรงพยาบาล ประสาท  โรงพยาบาล บ้า  rong-pa-ya-barn-pra-sad

 

booby-trap

VT วาง ทุ่นระเบิด  wang-tun-ra-boed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOOBY

n. 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow; a lubber; one void of wisdom, or intellect.
2. A fowl of the pelican genus, of a brown and white color, much varied in different individuals. This fowl is found among the Bahama isles, feeds upon fish and lays its eggs on the bare rocks. It has a joint in the upper mandible, by which it can raise it without opening the mouth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOOBY

Boo "by, n.; pl. Boobies. Etym: [Sp. bobe 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.

 

BOOBY

BOOBY Boo "by, a.

 

Defn: Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.

 

BOOBYISH

BOOBYISH Boo "by *ish, a.

 

Defn: Stupid; dull.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

booby

boo by 1 |ˈbo͞obē ˈbubi | ▶noun ( pl. boobies ) 1 a stupid or childish person. 2 a large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and often brightly colored feet. [Genus Sula, family Sulidae: several species, including the common red-footed booby (S. sula ).] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses ), from Latin balbus ‘stammering. ’

 

booby

boo by 2 |ˈbubi ˈbo͞obē | ▶noun ( pl. boobies ) (usu. boobies ) informal a woman's breast. ORIGIN 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby (see boob 2 ).

 

booby hatch

boo by hatch ▶noun informal, offensive a psychiatric hospital.

 

booby prize

boo by prize |ˈbubi ˌpraɪz | ▶noun a prize given as a joke to the last-place finisher in a race or competition.

 

booby trap

boo by trap |ˈbubi ˌtræp | ▶noun a thing designed to catch the unwary, in particular: • an apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to kill or injure anyone who touches it: miles of mines, booby traps, and underground fortifications. • a trap intended as a practical joke, such as an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on the next person to pass through. ▶verb ( booby-trap ) [ with obj. ] place a booby trap in or on (an object or area ): (as adj. booby-trapped ) : the area was heavily mined and booby-trapped.

 

Oxford Dictionary

booby

booby 1 |ˈbuːbi | ▶noun ( pl. boobies ) 1 a stupid person. 2 a large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and brightly coloured feet. ●Genus Sula, family Sulidae: several species. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses ), from Latin balbus ‘stammering ’.

 

booby

booby 2 |ˈbuːbi | ▶noun ( pl. boobies ) informal a woman's breast. ORIGIN 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby (see boob 2 ).

 

booby hatch

booby hatch ▶noun N. Amer. informal a psychiatric hospital.

 

booby prize

booby prize ▶noun a prize given as a joke to the person who is last in a race or competition.

 

booby trap

booby trap ▶noun 1 an apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to detonate when someone touches it. 2 a trap intended as a practical joke, especially one involving an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on a person passing through. ▶verb ( booby-trap ) [ with obj. ] place a booby trap in or on (an object or area ): (as adj. booby-trapped ) : a booby-trapped parcel.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

booby

booby noun it wasn't like him to be such a booby: idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, moron, cretin, imbecile, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop, duffer, jackass; bungler, blunderer; informal dope, chump, clot, clod, nitwit, dimwit, wally, airhead, birdbrain, lamebrain, pea-brain, numbskull, thickhead, fathead, blockhead, bonehead, meathead, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, pinhead, cloth-head, wooden-head, dipstick, dumb-bell, dumbhead, dumbo, dum-dum, noodle, nerd, ninny, ass, donkey; Brit. informal berk, divvy, nit, numpty, goat, mug, pillock, prat, silly billy, wazzock, muppet; Scottish informal balloon, cuddy, galoot, nyaff; N. Amer. informal doofus, goof, goofball, goofus, putz, bozo, lamer, boob, chowderhead, meatball, lummox, dummy, turkey, clunk, ding-a-ling, dip, palooka, poop; Austral. /NZ informal galah, drongo, alec, alick, dingbat, nong; vulgar slang arsehole, dick, dildo, fuckwit; Brit. vulgar slang arse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

booby

boo by 1 /búːbi /名詞 複 -bies C 1 ｟やや古 くだけて けなして ｠ばか, のろま, まぬけ ; 子供じみた人 .2 〘鳥 〙カツオドリ 〘カツオドリ属の海鳥の総称 〙.～́ h à tch (!｟米 やや古 くだけて ｠) 1 〘海 〙(甲板から船内に通じる )小さなハッチ .2 ｟けなして ｠精神病院 ; 刑務所 .～́ pr ì ze 最下位賞 (!日本語の 「ブービー賞 」は 「最下位から2番目の賞 」) .～́ tr à p 1 偽装爆弾 〘普通の物に仕掛けられた爆弾 〙.2 まぬけだまし 〘戸を開けると物が落ちてくるようないたずらなど 〙.

 

booby

boob y 2 名詞 複 -ies C ｟俗 ｠〖通例 -ies 〗おっぱい .

 

booby-trap

b ó oby-tr à p 動詞 →trap 1 他動詞 …に偽装爆弾 [まぬけだまし ]を仕掛ける .