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Definition of Boo-boo
1. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Bobble, Snafu, Spectacle, Bull, Fumble, Muff, Fluff, Faux Pas, Gaffe, Gaucherie, Slip, Solecism, Howler, Clanger, Misstep, Stumble, Trip, Trip-up
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Botchy, Bungle, Bungle, Flub, Foul Up, Fuck Up
Definition of Boo-boo
1. Noun. (colloquial often childish) A mistake or error. ¹
2. Noun. (colloquial childish by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boo-boo
Literary usage of Boo-boo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection: For Use in Chapel, Assembly by C. Guy Hoover (1912)
"We'll roll up the score so ver - y high,That you will hear them sigh, Well, a
Boo - la, Boo,Boola, Boo-la, Boo,Boo-la,Boo,Boo-la, 'oo- la, Boo-la, Boo. ..."
2. Father Mathew: A Biography by John Francis Maguire (1865)
"The Riots in Philadelphia—Promises to visit America—The Temperance Institute—The
Oratorical Catastrophe—• Old Dan Tucker'--The Mesmerist—' Boo—boo--boo ! ..."
3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1840)
"But though the guns spared my bones, love Gad zoons, A la boo, boo, boo, S(c.
The bully god, Mars, though a bug-bear they make him, All arm'd like a ..."
4. A Book of Remembrance by Elizabeth Duane Gillespie (1901)
"ing his back entirely to the mules and facing me, he began,— " I saw a flea hew
a tree, boo, boo, I saw a flea hew a tree, boo for John, I saw a flea hew a ..."
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