booby trap
booby trap noun: an antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
Noun
booby trap (plural booby traps)
- 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.
- An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
booby trap meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
booby trap in Hindi
- a booby trap
- चोर-फंदा cor-phandā
booby trap in Tamil
- antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
- சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி cūḻccip poṟi
booby trap in Urdu
- دام مہلک
booby trap in Arabic
- antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
- شَرَك šarak, فَخّ faḵḵ
More languagesFewer languages
- booby trap in Persian
- دام انفجاری
- booby trap in Vietnamese
- bẫy mìn
Forms of booby trap
| plural | booby traps |
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Origin of booby trap
From booby (“dunce, idiot”).
Questions about booby trap
- What does booby trap mean?
- Booby trap means an antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
- What is booby trap in Hindi?
- Booby trap in Hindi is चोर-फंदा (cor-phandā). See Booby trap meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is booby trap?
- Booby trap is a noun.
- What is the plural of booby trap?
- The plural of booby trap is booby traps.
Words near booby trap in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: booby trap (page history and authors); चोर-फंदा (Hindi) (page history and authors); booby trap (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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