booby trap
noun
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
Examples of booby trap in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The characters must navigate different booby traps and escape from one cube into another.
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EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Get ready for a night of holiday mischief with everyone's favorite Christmas prankster — and without the booby traps.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
The trick, more often than not, is to present humorous solutions to palpable danger, like the time in Season Three when Jackson briefly made like Kevin in Home Alone in using household objects to booby trap a house against invading gunmen.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
Secondly, while a drone will fly over tripwires, pressure plates and other booby traps, the robot dog will set them off.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Get ready for a night of holiday mischief with everyone's favorite Christmas prankster — and without the booby traps.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
The trick, more often than not, is to present humorous solutions to palpable danger, like the time in Season Three when Jackson briefly made like Kevin in Home Alone in using household objects to booby trap a house against invading gunmen.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
Secondly, while a drone will fly over tripwires, pressure plates and other booby traps, the robot dog will set them off.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for booby trap
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“Booby trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booby%20trap. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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