| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| booby | noun | A dunce; a stupid fellow., A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby., A species of penguin of the antarctic seas., Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid. |
| boodh | noun | Same as Buddha. |
| booky | adjective | Bookish. |
| booly | noun | A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. |
| boort | noun | See Bort. |
| boose | noun | A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal., To drink excessively. See Booze. |
| boost | verb i. | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement., A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help. |
| booth | noun | A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation., A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place. |
| boots | noun | A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. |
| booty | noun | That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. |
| booze | verb i. | To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple., A carouse; a drinking. |
| boozy | adjective | A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy. |