Booby word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "booby" word
[noun] an ignorant or foolish person
(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.
\Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), a. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
Synonyms for booby
boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead
See also: gannet | genus Sula | simple | simpleton | Sula |
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Let's analyse "booby" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: YBOOB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1250 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
booby: 6 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three. |
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