Booby
noun
Type of seabird with a pointed bill and wide wings.
The booby is known for its swift flight.
Often appears as...
- blue-footed booby
- red-footed booby
noun
A stupid or childish person.
Don't be such a booby, he's just trying to trick you.
Often appears as...
- be a booby
- act like a booby
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A trap disguised as an harmless object.
The adventurers fell into a booby trap while exploring the tomb.
Often appears as...
- booby trap
- set a booby
noun
Type of seabird with a pointed bill and wide wings.
The booby is known for its swift flight.
Often appears as...
- blue-footed booby
- red-footed booby
noun
A stupid or childish person.
Don't be such a booby, he's just trying to trick you.
Often appears as...
- be a booby
- act like a booby
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A trap disguised as an harmless object.
The adventurers fell into a booby trap while exploring the tomb.
Often appears as...
- booby trap
- set a booby
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
The term 'booby' refers to specific seabirds, mostly found in tropical oceans.
Birdwatchers were excited to spot a blue-footed booby on the coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Unique Features
'Booby' birds have distinctive features like colorful feet and pronounced bills.
The red-footed booby's namesake feature is its vivid red feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Boobies are known for their diving skills, plunging into the ocean for fish.
We watched the boobies dive into the sea to catch their prey.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
The term 'booby' refers to specific seabirds, mostly found in tropical oceans.
Birdwatchers were excited to spot a blue-footed booby on the coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Unique Features
'Booby' birds have distinctive features like colorful feet and pronounced bills.
The red-footed booby's namesake feature is its vivid red feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Boobies are known for their diving skills, plunging into the ocean for fish.
We watched the boobies dive into the sea to catch their prey.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
The term 'booby' refers to specific seabirds, mostly found in tropical oceans.
Birdwatchers were excited to spot a blue-footed booby on the coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Unique Features
'Booby' birds have distinctive features like colorful feet and pronounced bills.
The red-footed booby's namesake feature is its vivid red feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Boobies are known for their diving skills, plunging into the ocean for fish.
We watched the boobies dive into the sea to catch their prey.
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Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
And you never know when you're going to come across one of these booby traps. My favorite example is a pair of psychologists who did research on left-handers, and published some data showing that left-handers are, on average, more susceptible to disease, more prone to accidents and have a shorter lifespan.
Video examples
Design for people, not...
inside the neo nurture incubator was this kid during a Time magazine photo shoot so you know recognition is fantastic we want design to get out you know for people to see it at won lots of awards but it felt like a booby prize I mean I we wanted to make beautiful
Video examples
"Vampires" and Boobies PIPE...
hot and dry finches would love to eat their favorite foods seeds but the drought conditions just don't produce enough so what happens as you can see here is that sharp beaked ground finches like these pounce on the tail of a seabird usually a booby like this one
Video examples
Cocaine Lab PIPE National...
well we've got the one of the cocaine base labs food and clothing suggests the traffickers left this place in a hurry and are likely watching them from the surrounding jungle just as dangerous or any booby traps they left in our wake don't get too close
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"Vampires" and Boobies PIPE...
damage it can do to the booby without getting tossed off the key is to cause just enough damage to keep the blood flowing without creating so much pain the booby gets fed up and gives the finches the permanent heave-ho this
Video examples
Timothy Prestero: Design...
So recognition is fantastic. We want design to get out for people to see it. It won lots of awards. But it felt like a booby prize. We wanted to make beautiful things that are going to make the world a better place,
Video examples
A Fighting Tiger PIPE Shark...
oh look it ate a booby bird in its fury the tigers spit up its lunch there's a big baby bird nesting area here and there's little chicks and small ones falling in they're getting eaten by these tigers as well
Video examples
Iguana vs Snakes 360° PIPE...
this harsh volcanic landscape still shows signs of its fiery birth yet with hundreds of blue footed booby birds around you there are few finer places for us to admire a sunset
Video examples
What in the World is a...
than a fraternity hazing the Iguana finds its way out which I guess in this case you could say is the out booby prize yeah sorry
Video examples
Young Leopard Steals...
Booby trapped.
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
And you never know when you're going to come across one of these booby traps. My favorite example is a pair of psychologists who did research on left-handers, and published some data showing that left-handers are, on average, more susceptible to disease, more prone to accidents and have a shorter lifespan.
Video examples
Design for people, not...
inside the neo nurture incubator was this kid during a Time magazine photo shoot so you know recognition is fantastic we want design to get out you know for people to see it at won lots of awards but it felt like a booby prize I mean I we wanted to make beautiful
Video examples
"Vampires" and Boobies PIPE...
hot and dry finches would love to eat their favorite foods seeds but the drought conditions just don't produce enough so what happens as you can see here is that sharp beaked ground finches like these pounce on the tail of a seabird usually a booby like this one
Video examples
Cocaine Lab PIPE National...
well we've got the one of the cocaine base labs food and clothing suggests the traffickers left this place in a hurry and are likely watching them from the surrounding jungle just as dangerous or any booby traps they left in our wake don't get too close
Video examples
"Vampires" and Boobies PIPE...
damage it can do to the booby without getting tossed off the key is to cause just enough damage to keep the blood flowing without creating so much pain the booby gets fed up and gives the finches the permanent heave-ho this
Video examples
Timothy Prestero: Design...
So recognition is fantastic. We want design to get out for people to see it. It won lots of awards. But it felt like a booby prize. We wanted to make beautiful things that are going to make the world a better place,
Video examples
A Fighting Tiger PIPE Shark...
oh look it ate a booby bird in its fury the tigers spit up its lunch there's a big baby bird nesting area here and there's little chicks and small ones falling in they're getting eaten by these tigers as well
Video examples
Iguana vs Snakes 360° PIPE...
this harsh volcanic landscape still shows signs of its fiery birth yet with hundreds of blue footed booby birds around you there are few finer places for us to admire a sunset
Video examples
What in the World is a...
than a fraternity hazing the Iguana finds its way out which I guess in this case you could say is the out booby prize yeah sorry
Video examples
Young Leopard Steals...
Booby trapped.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Somebody could send you an office document or a PDF file, and as soon as you open it, it's a booby trap and the hacker has complete control of your computer. Another major problem is password management. People use the same password on multiple sites, so when the hacker compromises one site, they have your password for everywhere else.
Quote examples
Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
Who do you call a civilian in a guerilla war? I mean, it might be a farmer by day or a merchant, a housewife, and by night the housewife may be helping to make landmines and booby traps and who knows.
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Connie Britton
American Actress
I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me.
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Somebody could send you an office document or a PDF file, and as soon as you open it, it's a booby trap and the hacker has complete control of your computer. Another major problem is password management. People use the same password on multiple sites, so when the hacker compromises one site, they have your password for everywhere else.
Quote examples
Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.
Quote examples
Tim O'Brien
American Author
Who do you call a civilian in a guerilla war? I mean, it might be a farmer by day or a merchant, a housewife, and by night the housewife may be helping to make landmines and booby traps and who knows.
Quote examples
Connie Britton
American Actress
I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me.
Example 1 of 4
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