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babbeo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boob noun A silly mistake.
  • booby noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
  • foolish adj Lacking good sense; unwise or silly.
  • jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.
  • moron noun An insult for a stupid or foolish person.
  • mug noun A large cup with a handle, used for hot drinks, without a saucer.
  • nincompoop noun A silly, foolish person.
  • simpleton noun A person who lacks common sense or shows poor judgement; a foolish person.

Senses

babbeo is used for these senses in English:

  • boob (informal, pejorative, North America, dated) An idiot; a fool.
  • booby A stupid person.
  • foolish (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  • jerk (originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
  • moron (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
  • mug A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug
  • mug (slang, derogatory) A gullible or easily cheated person.
  • nincompoop (derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

boob — full definition

  1. noun A silly mistake.
  2. noun A woman's breast (informal).
  3. verb To make a foolish mistake; to blunder.

booby — full definition

  1. noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
  2. noun A large tropical seabird related to gannets, once thought clumsy on land.

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