booby trap
Meanings
noun
- An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
- A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
- An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From booby (“dunce, idiot”).
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