booby trap
booby trap · booby traps
мина-ловушка
Sprengfalle, versteckte Sprengladung, Tierfalle
An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless objectAn antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
» It's booby-trapped.
Meaning
3 sensesAn antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
Sprengfalle, versteckte Sprengladung
ми́на-лову́шкаmína-lovúška
A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
(broadly)An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
Tierfalle
More definitions
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
- an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
Examples
6 sentencesIt's booby-trapped.
There are no booby traps here.
Ziri came up against a few booby traps.
Ziri found a few booby traps in the area.
He booby-trapped the box.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object:
traditional animal trap:
Origin
From booby (“dunce, idiot”).From booby (“dunce, idiot”).
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Forms
plural: booby traps| Singular | booby trap |
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| Plural | booby traps |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty:pitfall
- an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over:land mineground-emplaced mine