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Definition: Boo-boo |
Boo-booNoun1. An embarrassing mistake. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Boo-booSynonyms: bloomer (n), blooper (n), blunder (n), boner (n), botch (n), bungle (n), flub (n), foul-up (n), fuckup (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah (Trading Places; writing credit: Timothy Harris; Herschel Weingrod) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Voo-Doo Boo-Boo (1961) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Injure; injury; hurt; hurting; injures; boo-boo; discomfort; distress; gash; harm; nick; ouch; pain; painful; pang; sore; soreness; suffering; wound; . |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Boo-boo" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Boo-boo" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "boo-boo": boo-boo-boo-boom. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "boo-boo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | Boulette. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oo-boobay.(various references) | |
Thai | ข้à¸à¸œà¸´à¸"พลาà¸" (error, fault). (various references) | |
Turkish | Aptalca Hata (boob, bull). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Boo-boo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bok-bok, Boobok, boobook, Booh-booh, bot-bot, bou-bou, Boutboul, buh-buh, Mboumbou, oo-joa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: booboo. | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-o-o-o-o" | |
-2 letters: boob. | |
-3 letters: bob, boo. | |
-4 letters: bo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-o-o-o-o" | |
+1 letter: booboos. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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