booby trap
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booby trap
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From booby (“dunce, idiot”).
noun booby traps
- 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.
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noun antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
| 日本語 | ブービートラップ būbī torappu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 餌雷 /饵雷 ěrléi |
| Português | armadilha |
| Français | piège, objet piégé |
| Deutsch | Sprengfalle, versteckte Sprengladung |
| Italiano | trabocchetto |
| Русский | ми́на-лову́шка mína-lovúška |
| Tiếng Việt | bẫy mìn |
| العربية | شَرَك šarak, فَخّ faḵḵ |
| עברית | מלכודת malkódet, מוקש mokésh |
noun traditional animal trap
| Deutsch | Tierfalle |
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title = {booby trap},
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