Meaning

9 senses
  1. A pot of honey.

    Honigtopf

  2. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    (US, dated, figuratively, slang)A romantic pet name; "honey".

  3. (figuratively, slang)A vulva or vagina.

  4. (figuratively)A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.

  5. (figuratively)A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.

  6. (figuratively)A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.

    Honigtopf

  7. (UK, figuratively)A draw: a place which attracts visitors.

  8. (euphemistic, obsolete)A chamber pot.

  9. (euphemistic, obsolete)A slop bucket.

More definitions
  • South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes

Examples

3 sentences
  1. They are like flies around a honeypot.

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  2. Boys flocked to the attractive woman like flies around a honeypot.

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  3. This software is a honeypot.

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Translations

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a pot of honey:

Origin

From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot.

From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot.

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Forms

plural: honeypots

Synonyms

118 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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