boob

noun

1. (Canada, US, dated, derogatory, informal)An idiot; a fool.

   “Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.”

   “[BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?”

   “He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.”

2. (British, informal)A mistake.
3. (colloquial, slang)A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

   “Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.”

   “Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.”

   “Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.”

4. (Australia, US)A prison; jail.

   “Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain he was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.”

   “I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.”

verb

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

   “After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.”

2. (informal, intransitive)To make a mistake.

   “...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.”