"booby trap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: booby traps [plural]
Etymology: From booby (“dunce, idiot”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|booby||dunce, idiot}} booby (“dunce, idiot”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} booby trap (plural booby traps)
  1. (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object. Categories (topical): Military Translations (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object): شَرَك (šarak) [masculine] (Arabic), فَخّ (faḵḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), ական-ծուղակ (akan-cuġak) (Armenian), 餌雷 (Chinese Mandarin), 饵雷 (ěrléi) (Chinese Mandarin), boobytrap (Dutch), ansa (Finnish), piège [masculine] (French), objet piégé [masculine] (French), სატყუარა ნაღმი (saṭq̇uara naɣmi) (Georgian), დაფარული საფრთხე (daparuli saprtxe) (Georgian), Sprengfalle [feminine] (German), מלכודת (malkódet) [feminine] (Hebrew), מוקש (mokésh) [masculine] (Hebrew), rejtett/álcázott bomba/csapda/akadály (Hungarian), sprengjugildra [feminine] (Icelandic), trabocchetto [masculine] (Italian), ブービートラップ (būbī torappu) (Japanese), attrape-nigaud [masculine] (Norman), دام انفجاری (Persian), mina pułapka [feminine] (Polish), armadilha [feminine] (Portuguese), ми́на-лову́шка (mína-lovúška) [feminine] (Russian), försåtminering [common-gender] (Swedish), சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி (cūḻccip poṟi) (Tamil), bubi tuzağı (Turkish), bẫy mìn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-booby_trap-en-noun-3Vd5vQSW Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object': 96 4 0
  2. A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
    Sense id: en-booby_trap-en-noun-Vwb7uA6K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 60 18
  3. (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall. Tags: broadly Related terms: boobytrap, canary trap, honeypot, IED
    Sense id: en-booby_trap-en-noun-qtSr-YLB

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