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In some senses, baboon is marked as derogatory, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
baboon
UK /bəˈbuːn/ US /ˌbæˈbuːn/
noun 2
Collocations
3VERB + BABOON
like, look, saw
BABOON + NOUN
hyena, story, zoo
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitude of his time.
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
2
A foolish or boorish person.
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Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitu
Wiktionary02
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
Wiktionary03
You look like a baboon.
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We don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon.
Tatoeba · #662110905
I saw a baboon at the zoo.
Tatoeba · #917159406
His baboon story will fascinate and entertain you for sure.
Tatoeba · #11167170Usage Notes
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