Dictionary: BOO – BOOM

​► BOO n. 1. money → L19 US sl.
n. 2. mucus in the nose → 1892 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a bow, a bend → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 4. a bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 5. a manor-house; a farmhouse; a village → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 6. an object of terror; a bugbear → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 7. a tramp → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. a bad scare; a serious fright → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 9. marijuana → 1959 sl., orig. US
n. 10. brother → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 11. a ghostwriter → 1970 sl.
n. 12. a person’s boyfriend or girlfriend → 1997 US sl.
n. 13. methamphetamine → 2000 sl.
n. 14. a term of endearment, esp. towards a partner of either sex → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to speak in a mawkishly romantic manner → 1867 
vb. 2. to bow, to bend, to twist → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. of hunting dogs: to bark confusedly while running in a pack → 1934 Amer. dial.
► BOOAY n. the remote rural districts → M20 NZ colloq.
► BOOB adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a prison cell → 1908 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead; a silly or childish person → 1909 sl.
n. 3. an inferior in any sense; a gullible person, a dupe, a victim → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a Navy recruit → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
n. 5. a woman’s breast → 1949 Amer. dial.
n. 6. an error, a blunder, a foolish mistake → 1959 sl.
vb. to make a foolish mistake → M20 sl.
► THE BOOB n. prison → 1908 sl., orig. US
► BOOBADS n. ads for bras and other female undergarments → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► BOOBEE n. a term of endearment → 1982 Amer. dial.
► BOOBERY n. stupidity → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOBIE n. brother → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOBIES n. the breasts → 1934 sl.
► BOOBISH adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOBISHNESS n. stupidity → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOBOISIE n. boobs as a class, stupid people → E20 US sl.
► BOOBOLOGY n. the study of fools → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOO-BOO n. 1. a foolish mistake → E20 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a prank, a trick → E20 sl., orig. US
n. 3. a woman’s breast → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 4. brother → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 5. mucus in the nose → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOO-BOY n. a spectator or supporter who habitually jeers or finds fault → 1966 sport usage, chiefly UK
► BOOB SQUAD n. a squad of newly recruited soldiers → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOOB STUNT n. an error; a mistake; a blunder → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOB TUBE n. 1. a television → 20C sl.
n. 2. a woman’s close-fitting strapless top → 1978 sl.
► BOOBY adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a foolish person → 1599 sl.
n. 2. the lowest in a class of children at school → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a woman’s breast → 1916 Amer. dial.
n. 4. mother’s milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. a hard blow, as with the fist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► THE BOOBY n. prison → 1929 US sl.
► BOOBY HATCH n. 1. a jail; a police station → 1859 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a mental hospital → 1896 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 3. a cell; an asylum → 20C US sl.
n. 4. a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THE BOOBY HATCH n. prison → 1859 US sl.
► BOOBY HOUSE n. a jail; a police station → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOOBYISH adj. awkward and silly → L18
► BOOBY PRIZE n. awarded in fun or ridicule to the last competitor, lowest scorer, etc. → 20C
► BOOBY TRAP n. a firework that is set off when the strings at each end are pulled → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOBY WAGON n. the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOCOODLES n. a great deal; a large number, many → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOO-DADDY n. 1. a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → 1888 Amer. dial.
n. 2. nasal mucus → 1987 Amer. dial.
► BOODGEREE adj. good → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOODIE n. 1. a spectre, a phantom; a bogeyman; an imaginary evil or frightening spirit or creature → 1700 Sc.
n. 2. a small and unattractive person; a dwarf → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. dried nasal mucus → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOODIE-BO n. a bugbear; an object of dread → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOODJER-RE adj. good, excellent → 1793 Aust.
► BOODLE n. 1. a crowd, pack, lot → E17 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a large amount or number → 1833 Amer. dial.
n. 3. counterfeit money; money illegally or dishonestly acquired or used; proceeds of corruption → 1858 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead → 1862 sl.
n. 5. candy, cake, ice cream, etc. → 1898 Spanish-American War era
n. 6. a bribe → 1883 sl., orig. US
n. 7. money → 1883 sl., orig. US
n. 8. the whole → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 9. a great deal of money → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to bribe; to give or take bribes → 1890 sl., orig. US
► BOODLE BAG n. a money pouch or purse → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOODLE FIGHT n. a party at which ‘boodle’ (cake, candy, ice-cream, etc.) is served → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOODLEISM n. bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → 1894 sl.
► BOODLEISTIC adj. addicted to bribery and corruption → 1898 sl.
► BOODLEIZE vb. to bribe → 1886 sl.
► BOODLER n. one who practices bribery and corruption → 1894 sl.
► BOODLERISM n. bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → 1887 sl.
► BOODLERY n. bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → 1887 sl.
► BOODLING n. bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → 1890 sl.
► BOO-DOCK n. the buttocks → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOODY n. 1. the female sex organs; sex → 1926 Amer. dial.
n. 2.  the buttocks → 1967 Amer. jocular usage
n. 3.  the female body → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff → 1857
► BOODY BANDIT n. a homosexual male → 20C US sl.
► BOODYDUNK n. a large bullfrog → 1951 Amer. dial.
► BOODYLICIOUS adj. 1. second-rate, inferior → 1990 African-American usage
adj. 2. wonderful, attractive, sexy → 1990 African-American usage
► BOOF n. 1. peach brandy → 1872 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a scare, a fright → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a stupid person → 1940 Aust. sl. 
vb. to top up a container of liquid → L20 Aust. sl.
► BOOFF n. a stroke with the hand that causes a hollow sound; the sound thus produced → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to strike with the hand, causing a hollow sound → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOFHEAD n. a fool; a very gullible person → 1930 Aust. sl.
► BOOF-HEADED adj. gullible; foolish; stupid → 1930 Aust. sl.
► BOOFUL n. an attractive young woman → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOG n. 1. a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a foolish, unfortunate, or unpleasant person; a misfit → 2000 UK sl. 
► BOOGALEE n. 1.– a person of mixed Black and White ancestry → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOOGALOO n. a dance with swivelling and shuffling movements → M20 chiefly US
► BOOGER n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → 1770 US sl.
n. 2. a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → 1866 Amer. dial.
n. 3. nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye → 1891 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child → 1892 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a louse → 1893 Amer. dial.
n. 6. an animal → 1937 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a fellow, a guy → 1938 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
n. 8. something distasteful, troublesome, or discomforting; something that is very difficult to do → 1956 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a storm with rain and thunder and lightning → 1956 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a very awkward, clumsy person → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 11. a hot day → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 12. soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. of an animal, esp. a horse or steer: to shy, to behave skittishly → 1893 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to expel snot from the nose → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to cause to shy away; to frighten; to scare, to spook → 1931 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to disfigure, to damage → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERBEAR n. 1. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an ugly woman → 1977 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERBOO n. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERED adj. afraid, frightened, spooked → 1936 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERED UP adj. battered, badly injured; spoiled, damaged; confused → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERHEAD n. an affectionate nickname for a friend → 20C teen & high school sl.
► BOOGERING adj. frightening → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERISH adj. 1. spooky, frightening, unpleasant → 1887 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. skittish, inclined to shy → 1975 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERLEE n. 1. a person of mixed Black and White ancestry → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERMAN n. 1. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1903 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the devil → 1913 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a policeman → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOGER UP vb. to damage, to spoil; to confuse, to disorder → 1934 Amer. dial.
► BOOGER WAGON n. the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERY adj. 1. spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable → 1900 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. skittish, inclined to shy → 1941 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERY-EYED adj. having very round eyes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BOOGEY-MAN n. 1. the devil → 1944 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a policeman → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOGEY WAGON n. the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGIE n. 1. mucus in the nose → 1890 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a party, esp. a rent party → E20 US sl.
n. 3. a Black person → 1923 Amer. dial., orig. criminals’ and tramps’ usage, derogatory or offensive
n. 4. a dance to pop or rock music → M20
n. 5. boogie-woogie → M20
n. 6. a louse → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to expel snot from the nose → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to dance; orig. to boogie-woogie music → M20
vb. 3. to make love → 1979 sl.
► BOOGIEBEAR n. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965  Amer. dial.
► BOOGIEBOO n. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGIE MAN n. a severe critic → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► BOOGIE-PACK n. a mini cassette-player with lightweight headphones, for listening while one is on the move → 1981 sl.
► BOOGIE-WOOGIE n. 1. a percussive style of playing blues, esp. on piano, with a repetitive bass figure → E20
n. 2. a good time → 1995 African-American sl.
► BOOGLER n. a person who goes to a lot of parties → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOG MAN n. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOO-HAG n. a witch, the dead spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BOOHAL n. the remote rural districts → M20 NZ colloq.
► BOO-HOLEY n. the navel → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOHOO vb. to weep or cry loudly, to bawl → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BOOJERY adj. good, excellent → 1793 Aust.
► BOOJUM n. 1. an imaginary animal, particularly dangerous kind of ‘snark’ → 1904
n. 2. a White person → 1976 African-American
► BOOJY adj. bourgeois, refers to Blacks whose money and position make them think they’re White → 1970 African-American
► BOOK n. a magazine or pamphlet → 1913 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to record the name of someone who has committed an offense → 1841 sl.
vb. 2. to move fast; to run like crazy → 20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 3. to record names of a couple for proclamation of banns of marriage → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to butt; to push with the head or horns → 1930 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to leave unfinished; to lay aside for the time being → 1969 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to fight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 7. to depart, to leave → 1994 African-American sl.
► THE BOOK n. the maximum penalty → 1908 sl., orig. US
► BOOKED adj. fatally ill; beyond recovery → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOOKER n. a writer of books → 1000 obs.
► BOOKFUL adj. full of knowledge or information gathered from books → 1709 obs.
n. as much as fills a book; the entire contents of a book → 1599
► BOOK-HOUSE n. a library → 1675 obs.
► BOOKIE n. a bookmaker → 1885
► BOOKIE-SUG n. a sweetheart, a lover → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BOOKING n. 1. the act of recording names for proclamation of banns → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. education derived from books or schooling 1974 Amer. dial.
► BOOKISH adj. 1. pert. to a book → M16
adj. 2. addicted to reading books, studious; getting knowledge only from books → L16
► BOOK IT vb. 1. to move fast; to run like crazy → 20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 2. to study → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOKITY-BOOK adv. quickly, swiftly → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOOKITY SAM n. a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOK-LARE n. education; knowledge gained from books → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOK-LARED adj. educated; learned → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOK-LEAR n. education; knowledge gained from books → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOK-LEARNED adj. knowing books, but lacking practical experience → 1475
► BOOKLING n. a tiny book → 1782
► BOOKMAN n. an author or publisher; a literary man → 1618
► BOOKMOBILE n. a mobile library → 1924, chiefly US
► BOOK OF FATE n. the future as being predetermined → 1670
► BOOK OF FOUR KINGS n. a deck of cards → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOKOOING n. loud talking, bullying → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOOKS n. school, the time spent in school → 1896 Amer. dial.
► BOOK-SHY adj. reluctant or unwilling to read books → 1902
► BOOKSY adj. having literary or bookish pretensions → M20 colloq.
► BOOK-WISE adj. knowing books, but lacking practical experience → 1593
► BOOKWORM n. a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOKY adj. given to books; bookish → 1880 colloq.
n. a bookmaker → 1885
► BOOL n. 1. a term of contempt for an old man → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a thickset man or boy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a boy’s marble; a large round stone → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOO-LADY n. a cow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOL-BACKIT adj. round-shouldered; humpbacked → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOL-HORNED adj. perverse, headstrong → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOLIE adj. 1. beloved, much-loved → 1769 obs.
adj. 2. crooked, bent, deformed; of the legs: bandy → 19C Sc.
► BOOLIE-BACK n. a bent back; a humpback → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOLS n. the rims of spectacles → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOLYIE n. a loud, threatening noise, like a bull’s bellow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOM adj. 1 .excellent, exciting → 2000 sl. 
adj. 2. sexually attractive → 2000 sl. 
n. 1. a car stereo → 20C teen & high school sl.
n. 2. a party → 1980 sl. 
vb. of plants: to grow vigorously, to thrive → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOMALALLY n. orig. a cadet of the South Carolina Military Academy; later, any soldier, esp. one on parade marching to music → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BOOM ALONG vb. to move quickly → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BOO-MAN n.  the cattleman on a large farm → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOM AROUND vb. to move from place to place, to wander → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOMBLE vb. to make a booming noise, as stones tumbling down → 1904 Amer. dial.
► BOOM BOOM n. 1. any small arm → 1944 US services’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. copulation → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► BOOM BUCKET n. the ejection seat of military aircraft → 1970 US Air Force sl. (Bk.)
► BOOM DUST n. dynamite → 1940 US sl.
► BOOMER n. 1. a large male kangaroo → 1830 Aust.
n. 2. a red or grey squirrel → 1878 Amer. dial.
n. 3. one who pushes an enterprise, or forces it upon public attention → 1883 US sl.
n. 4. anything excessively large or notable of its kind; a huge lie → 1885 Aust. sl.
n. 5. a settler who takes part in a boom or rush to occupy a newly opened region → 1890
n. 6. an itinerant worker → 1925 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a cloud that rolls up high before a thunder storm or rainstorm → 1970 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a member of the so-called baby-boom generation born between 1945 and 1960 → 1990 US
► BOOMERANG n. 1. something that recoils on its originator → M19
n. 2. a bore who is difficult to get rid of → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a dishonoured cheque → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to recoil on the originator → L19
► BOOMERANG CHEQUE n. a ‘bouncing’ cheque which is not honoured, and is ‘returned to drawer’ → 1950 Aust. sl.
► BOOMING  adj. 1. large, astonishing → M19 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. grand → L19 sl.
adj. 3. successful, flourishing → L19 sl.
adj. 4. good-looking → 1990 African-American sl.
adj. 5.  excellent, worthy of approval → 1991 US students’ sl.
adj. 6. having large buttocks → 1993 African-American sl. (Bk.)
► BOOMLET n. a small boom on the Stock Exchange → 1897
► BOOM OUT vb. to go to the U.S. to work → 2002 Can. sl.
► BOOMPIE n. the buttocks → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOM! POW! BAM! int. an exclamation used to place emphasis in one’s conversation → 1990 African-American teen sl.
► BOOMPS-A-DAISY! int. used as a childish catchphrase or light-hearted response to trivialize a minor physical accident → 1961 UK sl.
► BOOMS n. drums → 1960 US sl.
► BOOM SQUAD n. the group of prison guards who are used to quell disturbances → 2000 US sl.
► BOOMSTER n. a speculator → 1879 sl., orig. US
► BOOM STICKS  n. drumsticks → 2006 US musician’s sl. (Bk.)
► BOOM-TING n. something excellent or impressive → 1990 Black British sl.
► BOOM WAGON n. in trucking: a truck hauling dynamite → 1942 US sl.
► BOOMY adj. having a loud, deep, resonant sound → E19