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booby

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A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula , part of the Sulidae family . Boobies are closely related to the gannets ( Morus ), which were formerly included in Sula .

Usage examples of booby.

I also knew that when we came back the enemy would have stepped up their own aggressiveness, no doubt adding a few more booby traps around the area to welcome us.

He made the boat ready at daybreak, and certain gannets, pintadoes, boobies, and noddies, and divers with eyes in their heads like fiery jewels--birds whose greedy maws he had often gratified--chose to fancy he must be going a-fishing, and were on the alert, and rather troublesome.

The Marquis vo Derrivalle had spent a recent joyless month in Sherreen, transacting business and renewing his acquaintance ships at Court, whose elite members regarded him as a provincial booby.

But he was a roue, and had nothing in common with this booby, who has a talent for painting as an elephant has a trunk--what irony!

He ran nearly on all fours, both because it was the naturally speediest position for kzin and for fear of beams, Sinclair monomolecular wires and other booby traps.

It is needless to say that Passepartout watched these curious ceremonies with staring eyes and gaping mouth, and that his countenance was that of the greenest booby imaginable.

It was he who did the most cutting, chopping with his machete while simultaneously staying alert for trip wires, booby traps, and pungi pits.

Mekong Delta with the booby traps and the pungi pits and the trip wires?

Roth, by the use of booby traps, Molotov cocktails, dynamite, punji pits, C-4, rocks, clubs, bottles, chains, wire, ambushes.

There were also the ever-present booby traps to take their toll of the American troops, as well as punji stakes and malaria, but very little actual fighting.

He relied entirely on Matatu to Pick UP any sign of a booby trap or antipersonnel mine that might have been laid on the tracks to hinder pursuit, but apart from that they went in single file at a speed not much below that of an Olympic marathon.

Mine dogs would be taught to detect mines, trip wires, booby traps and other explosive devices buried or hidden from view.

After the dogs were trained, they could be relied upon to discover all mines--antitank, antipersonnel, metallic or nonmetallic --as well as trip wires, booby traps and almost any buried objects, day or night.

It is needless to say that Passepartout watched these curious ceremonies with staring eyes and gaping mouth, and that his countenance was that of the greenest booby imaginable.

So we saw these young women, and we rendered some help to them, and you went all mooncalf over Deb on her looks alone, you booby.