2syllables
booby-trap
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Definitions ofbooby-trap
1noun
- 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.
- (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
1verb
- To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
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