Crossword-Solution: BOOBY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Booby | n. | A dunce; a stupid fellow. |
| Booby | n. | 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. |
| Booby | n. | A species of penguin of the antarctic seas. |
| Booby | a. | Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BOOBY | anagram | YOBBO |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with BOOBY (5)
The daughter is said to be well-bred and beautiful; the son an awkward booby, reared up and spoiled at his mother’s apron-string.
When you read the story of the Archbishop and Gil Blas, you may laugh, if you will, at the poor old man’s delusion; but don’t forget that the youth was the greater fool of the two, and that his master served such a booby rightly in turning him out of doors.
The apparently helpless aeroplane was merely a glider, which, instead of carrying a man, had a booby-trap aboard.
Princess: He breathes our name? Well, it's a common one! And is the booby comely? Hilarion: Pretty well.
But now are men's spirits dead; and this John Amend-All, save us and guard us! but a stuffed booby to scare crows withal." "Nay," returned the other, "y' are too set on meat and drinking, Lawless.
Quotes with BOOBY (3)
In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told that way. The angles of vision are skewed. When a booby trap explodes, you close your eyes and duck and float outside yourself. .. The pictures get jumbled, you tend to miss a lot. And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem …
He'd learned something. Life was booby-trapped and there was no easy passage through. You had to jump from colour to colour, from happiness to happiness. And all those possible explosions in between. It could be all over any time.
The route to our highest hopes tends to run right through some dark, booby-trapped places. A girl needs a map and a light to steer her; she might need a flamethrower or a cannon as well. She might need a pirate lover.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 34 times in crossword archives (1959–2023).