booby vs joke

booby

noun
  • A stupid person. 

  • A woman’s breast. 

  • Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid. 

  • In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket. 

verb
  • To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. 

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

adj
  • Displaying breasts prominently. 

  • Having large breasts. 

joke

noun
  • A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. 

  • An amusing story. 

  • The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one 

  • Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. 

  • Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. 

verb
  • To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. 

  • To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. 

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