boob

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Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.

Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.

Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — idiot, fool
• Finnish: dorka — idiot, fool
• Finnish: bimbo — idiot, fool
• Italian: babbeo — idiot, fool
• Russian: сиська (sisʹka) — idiot, fool
• Arabic: ثَدْي (ṯady) — breast (colloquial)
• Arabic: صَدِر (ṣadir) — breast (colloquial)
• Arabic: ديس (dēs) — breast (colloquial)
• Armenian: ծիծ (cic) — breast (colloquial)
• Azerbaijani: məmə — breast (colloquial)
• Azerbaijani: məməş — breast (colloquial)
• Belarusian: сі́ська (sísʹka) — breast (colloquial)
• Betawi: tété' — breast (colloquial)
• Bulgarian: ци́ца (cíca) — breast (colloquial)
• Bulgarian: ци́цка (cícka) — breast (colloquial)
• Catalan: pit — breast (colloquial)
• Catalan: teta — breast (colloquial)
• Chinese Cantonese: 波 (bo1) — breast (colloquial)
• Chinese Mandarin: 波波 (bōbō) — breast (colloquial)
• Chinese Mandarin: 咪咪 (mīmī) — breast (colloquial)
• Czech: cecek — breast (colloquial)
• Czech: koza — breast (colloquial)
• Danish: babs — breast (colloquial)
• Dutch: tiet — breast (colloquial)
• Estonian: tiss — breast (colloquial)
• Finnish: tissi — breast (colloquial)
• French: nichon — breast (colloquial)
• French: lolo — breast (colloquial)
• French: loloche — breast (colloquial)
• French: néné — breast (colloquial)
• French: doudoune — breast (colloquial)
• French: boîte à lait — breast (colloquial)
• Galician: teta — breast (colloquial)
• German: Titte — breast (colloquial)
• German: Möpse — breast (colloquial)
• Greek: βυζί (vyzí) — breast (colloquial)
• Hebrew: ציצי (tsítsi) — breast (colloquial)
• Hindi: स्तन (stan) — breast (colloquial)
• Hindi: चूची (cūcī) — breast (colloquial)
• Hungarian: cici — breast (colloquial)
• Icelandic: tútta — breast (colloquial)
• Indonesian: toket — breast (colloquial)
• Indonesian: tetek — breast (colloquial)
• Indonesian: susu — breast (colloquial)
• Italian: zizza — breast (colloquial)
• Italian: tetta — breast (colloquial)
• Italian: zinna — breast (colloquial)
• Japanese: おっぱい (oppai) — breast (colloquial)
• Japanese: ぱいぱい (paipai) — breast (colloquial)
• Japanese: ぱいおつ (paiotsu) — breast (colloquial)
• Korean: 젖 (jeot) — breast (colloquial)
• Korean: 젖통 (jeot'tong) — breast (colloquial)
• Korean: 슴가 (seumga) — breast (colloquial)
• Latin: mamma — breast (colloquial)
• Latvian: pups — breast (colloquial)
• Lithuanian: papas — breast (colloquial)
• Macedonian: цицка (cicka) — breast (colloquial)
• Norwegian Bokmål: pupp — breast (colloquial)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pupp — breast (colloquial)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: daier — breast (colloquial)
• Old Church Slavonic: сиса — breast (colloquial)
• Persian: ممه (mame) — breast (colloquial)
• Polish: cycek — breast (colloquial)
• Polish: balon — breast (colloquial)
• Polish: melon — breast (colloquial)
• Portuguese: mama — breast (colloquial)
• Portuguese: maminha — breast (colloquial)
• Portuguese: peito — breast (colloquial)
• Russian: си́ська (sísʹka) — breast (colloquial)
• Russian: ти́тька (títʹka) — breast (colloquial)
• Russian: до́йки (dójki) — breast (colloquial)
• Russian: буфера́ (buferá) — breast (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: сиса — breast (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: sisa — breast (colloquial)
• Slovak: cecok — breast (colloquial)
• Spanish: teta — breast (colloquial)
• Spanish: macoca — breast (colloquial)
• Spanish: chichi — breast (colloquial)
• Spanish: tetica — breast (colloquial)
• Swedish: tutt — breast (colloquial)
• Swedish: tutte — breast (colloquial)
• Swedish: patt — breast (colloquial)
• Tamil: முலை (mulai) — breast (colloquial)
• Turkish: meme — breast (colloquial)
• Turkish: cicik — breast (colloquial)
• Ukrainian: ци́цька (cýcʹka) — breast (colloquial)