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🤕 A small injury 😅 To make a mistake
booboo

booboo

3 5.2
A small cut or bruise that a child gets when they fall
  • noun
  • /ˈbuːbuː/
  • Baby Talk
: herida
  • I made a slight booboo, which I hope you won't tell your father about.

Examples

  • She cried a little when she got a booboo on her finger.

  • After falling off his bike, he showed me his booboo on his knee.

  • Nothing, it's just a little booboo.

    Gazer (2025)

  • They both had kids who could play with BooBoo and keep him entertained.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • BooBoo wasn't much of a cat; he wasn't even hers, but her mom loved him, so Jaine didn't want anything to happen to him while she had temporary custody.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The doctor placed a bandage on her booboo to help it heal.

Synonyms

boo-boo
vsbooboo
  • Baby Talk
54 7.2

A small mistake or little injury described in a childlike way

refers only to a minor physical hurt not to errors
little owie
vsbooboo
  • Baby Talk
1 7.5

A small hurt a child gets, like a scratch or bump

is the term children use to describe a small injury in speech
bobo
vsbooboo
  • Baby Talk
1 9.6

A small cut or bruise a child gets when they fall

is used when children describe or are told about their minor hurt

Antonyms

healing
226 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

wellness
50 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

How Serious

wound
504 2.2
injury
∞ 1.4
cut
313 1.0
bruise
244 1.6
booboo
  • Baby Talk
3 5.2
scratch
170 1.6

Surface Forms

booboo singular
booboos plural

Etymology

Booboo is baby talk that repeats the simple sound boo, like how children say mama or papa. It became a name for a 'small hurt', so a booboo means a little cut or bruise.