Definitions for booby

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booby boo·by

Spelling: [boo-bee]

IPA: /ˈbu bi/

Booby is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in booby (bbooy).

Definitions for booby

noun

1. a stupid person; dunce.
2. a gannet of the genus Sula, having a bright bill, bright feet, or both: some are endangered.
3. a female breast.

Origin of booby

1590-1600; earlier pooby, apparently blend of poop to befool (now obsolete) and baby; (def 2) perhaps by association with Spanish bobo Latin balbus stuttering