booby

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an ignorant or foolish person

Similar word(s): boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead

Definition categories: person, simple, simpleton

2. small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both

Definition categories: animal, gannet

verb

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

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