booby trap
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nounDefinition of BOOBY TRAP
1
: a trap for the unwary or unsuspecting : pitfall
2
: a concealed explosive device contrived to go off when some harmless-looking object is touched
— boo·by–trap transitive verb
See Examples of BOOBY TRAP
- Someone had rigged a booby trap that blew up the car when the engine was started.
- We set a booby trap by balancing a bucket of water on top of the door so that it would fall on him when he came in.
First Known Use of BOOBY TRAP
1850
Related to BOOBY TRAP
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- mine
Rhymes with BOOBY TRAP
afterclap, baseball cap, beat the rap, blasting cap, body wrap, contour map, cradle cap, gangsta rap, giddyap, gimme cap, gingersnap, handicap, inky cap, medigap, on the map, overlap, photomap, rattletrap, relief map, service cap, shoulder strap, spinal tap, stocking cap, thinking cap, thunderclap, Tonle Sap, tourist trap, water gap, weather map, wentletrap
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