English Dictionary

booby

/ˈbuːbi/

verb

(rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. / (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

He booby-trapped the door to catch the thief.

意味（1）

(rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.

Who lounge and who loot, and who booby about, / No knowledge within, and no manners without;

意味（2）

(transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

Self Boobied. Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island, Fla., accidentally tripped on one of the shotgun shell booby traps he had installed