Dictionary

booby trap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From booby (“dunce, idiot”).

Meanings

1. An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
2. A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
3. (broadly) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.

Forms

Relateds

canary trap · IED · boobytrap · honeypot

Translations (29)

fr objet piégé (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · he מלכודת (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ar فَخّ (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · nl boobytrap (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · it trabocchetto (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · fi ansa (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · fr piège (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ta சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · kix vāhtèu (traditional animal trap) · de Tierfalle (traditional animal trap) · de Sprengfalle (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ar شَرَك (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · de versteckte Sprengladung (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · hy ական-ծուղակ (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · tr bubi tuzağı (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ka სატყუარა ნაღმი (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · sv försåtminering (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · vi bẫy mìn (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ru ми́на-лову́шка (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · nrf attrape-nigaud (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · is sprengjugildra (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ja ブービートラップ (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · ka დაფარული საფრთხე (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · pl mina pułapka (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · cmn 餌雷 /饵雷 (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · hu rejtett/álcázott bomba/csapda/akadály (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · pt armadilha (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · fa دام انفجاری (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) · he מוקש (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object)