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booby traps

booby traps is the plural of booby trap.

Meaning of booby trap

Noun

booby trap (plural booby traps)

  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.

Questions about booby traps

What is booby traps the plural of?
Booby traps is the plural of booby trap.

Words near booby traps in the dictionary

  1. booby huts
  2. Booby Island
  3. booby prize
  4. booby prizes
  5. booby trap
  6. booby traps
  7. booby-hatch
  8. booby-hatches
  9. booby-trap
  10. booby-trapped
  11. booby-trapping

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