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    BOOBY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or bothplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("booby" is a kind of...):

    gannet (large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish)

    Holonyms ("booby" is a member of...):

    genus Sula; Sula (type genus of the Sulidae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An ignorant or foolish personplay

    Synonyms:

    boob; booby; dope; dumbbell; dummy; pinhead

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("booby" is a kind of...):

    simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

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