English

Alternative forms

• booboo, boo boo

Noun

boo-boo ‎(countable and uncountable, plural boo-boos)

1. (countable, colloquial, often childish) A mistake or error.
2. (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
3. (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) Feces.

Verb

boo-boo ‎(third-person singular simple present boo-boos, present participle boo-booing, simple past and past participle boo-booed)

1. (colloquial, childish, by or to young children) To defecate.

Synonyms

• (error): blooper, blunder, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, slip, stumble, thinko
• (minor injury): owie, scrape, bruise, nick, scratch
• (void one’s bowels): (slang) crap, (obsolete) drite, (slang) dump, (informal) pinch a loaf, (informal, humorous) drop a bomb, (informal, humorous) drop the kids off at the pool, (vulgar) ****, (vulgar) shite, (vulgar) take a ****, (slang) take a dump, (informal) drop a deuce

Usage notes

Sometimes used sarcastically when the speaker believes the listener is overreacting to a very minor injury, as in Aw, did the little boy get a boo-boo?

See also

• na-na na-na boo-boo
• Wikisaurus:error
• Wikisaurus:injury
• Wikisaurus:defecate

Related terms

• defecation
• fæces

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