booby trap

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POS

Verb (usu participle), Noun Phrase

HYPHEN

boo=by trap

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun booby trap has 2 senses

booby trap(n = noun.artifact) ground-emplaced mine, land mine - an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over;

has particulars: bouncing betty, claymore, claymore mine

is a kind of mine

booby trap(n = noun.cognition) pitfall - an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty;

is a kind of difficulty

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THESAURUS

booby trap

Dionaea, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, baited trap, blind, deadfall, deathtrap, decoy, firetrap, flytrap, gin, lurking hole, mine, mole trap, mousetrap, pitfall, rattrap, set gun, shadowing, spring gun, springe, stalking-horse, surveillance, trap, trapfall