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booby-trapping

booby-trapping is the present participle and gerund of booby-trap.

Meaning of booby-trap

Verb

booby-trap (third-person singular simple present booby-traps, present participle booby-trapping, simple past and past participle booby-trapped)

  1. (transitive) To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
    • Transport for London and the RMT union are united in their condemnation of anti-COVID vaccination extremists who are booby-trapping posters on the London Underground and other stations with razor blades.2021 September 22, “Network News: Station posters booby-trapped”, in RAIL, number 940, page 11

Questions about booby-trapping

What is booby-trapping the present participle and gerund of?
Booby-trapping is the present participle and gerund of booby-trap.

Words near booby-trapping in the dictionary

  1. booby traps
  2. booby-hatch
  3. booby-hatches
  4. booby-trap
  5. booby-trapped
  6. booby-trapping
  7. booby-traps
  8. boobyalla
  9. boobyallas
  10. Boobyer
  11. boobying

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