Boo-boo Definition
bo͝obo͝o
booboo, booboos, boo-boos
noun
boo-boos
A stupid or foolish mistake; blunder.
Webster's New World
A minor injury or bruise.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of boo-boo.
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Noun
Singular:
boo-boo
Plural:
boo boosOrigin of Boo-boo
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Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague.
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Perhaps alteration of boohoo to weep noisily
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin.
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Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make.
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