Definitions for baboon

baboon ba·boon

Spelling: [ba-boon or, esp. British, buh-]
IPA: /bæˈbun or, esp. British, bə-/

Baboon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in baboon (abbnoo).

Definitions for baboon

noun

  1. any of various large, terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle, large cheek pouches, and a short tail.
  2. a coarse, ridiculous, or brutish person, especially one of low intelligence.

Origin of baboon

1275-1325; Middle English baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle, late Middle English: baboon (compare Anglo-Latin babevynus) Middle French babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip, derivat

Examples for baboon

When the baboon sat down on his hams he was about as tall as the boy when he walked.

She was nourished on baboon milk, and the baboon nature is in her veins.

Because he came from South Africa and looked like a baboon, we called him "baboon."

“I find ‘the baboon’ suits him better than his real name,” she adds caustically.

He showed his great teeth and grinned and growled, as a baboon in a rage is apt to do.

I am an Afrikaner and I want to show that baboon Julius Malema.

In the book, Strauss-Kahn is identified only as the “pig,” “baboon,” or “baboon-man.”

"Go to the devil, and take your baboon with you," cursed the new arrival.

The mandrills are another species of baboon who inhabit this region.

Occasionally a man would slip, or be pulled over in the grip of a baboon.

Word Value for baboon
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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