BOO, BOOH, b[=oo], _interj._ a sound expressive of disapprobation or
contempt.--_v.i._ to utter 'boo!' to hoot.--_v.t._ BOO'-HOO', to weep
noisily.
BOOBY, b[=oo]'bi, _n._ a silly or stupid fellow: a sea-bird, of the gannet
tribe, remarkable for its apparent stupidity in allowing itself to be
knocked down with a stick.--_adjs._ BOO'BY, BOO'BYISH, like a booby:
stupid.--_ns._ BOO'BYISM; BOO'BY-TRAP, a rude form of practical joke among
boys, by which something is made to fall upon some one entering a door, or
the like. [Sp. _bobo_, a dolt: may prob. be cog. with Ger. _bube_.]
BOODLE, b[=oo]d'l, _n._ a crowd, pack--'the whole boodle:' stock-in-trade,
capital. [May be conn. with Dut. _boedel_.]
BOODLE, b[=oo]d'l, _n._ (_slang_) a stupid noodle.