"honeypot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-honeypot.ogg Forms: honeypots [plural]
enPR: hŭn'ē-pŏt Etymology: From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hwny pott}} Middle English hwny pott, {{compound|en|honey|pot}} honey + pot Head templates: {{en-noun}} honeypot (plural honeypots)
  1. A pot of honey. Translations (a pot of honey): hunajapurkki (Finnish), pot de miel (French), Honigtopf [masculine] (German), mézesbödön (Hungarian), pote de mel [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-DSbHuG64 Disambiguation of 'a pot of honey': 88 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  2. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    (US slang, dated) A romantic pet name; "honey".
    Tags: US, dated, figuratively, slang Synonyms (honey pit): outhouse
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-2gpxfV4t Categories (other): American English, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 40 3 4 9 18 12 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 42 3 5 11 16 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 41 3 5 10 17 11 10 3 Disambiguation of 'honey pit': 32 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    (slang) A vulva or vagina.
    Tags: figuratively, slang Synonyms (vagina): vagina
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-5aHIRqwz Disambiguation of 'vagina': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    (espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Espionage
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-7REPKvEj Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
  5. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
    Tags: figuratively
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  6. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    (computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Computer security, Genitalia Translations (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems): hunajapurkki (Finnish), Honigtopf [masculine] (German), honeypot [masculine] (Portuguese), pote de mel [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-L6Y-xK5C Disambiguation of Genitalia: 1 18 4 7 11 24 10 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 21 1 2 12 31 13 19 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 11 4 4 12 32 13 18 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 16 3 3 12 31 13 19 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 2 2 13 34 14 22 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 12 5 5 13 33 12 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 16 5 5 12 27 12 15 5 Disambiguation of 'a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems': 0 3 1 2 3 85 3 4 1
  7. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
    (chiefly British) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
    Tags: British, figuratively
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-SZetowzr Categories (other): British English
  8. (obsolete, euphemistic) A chamberpot. Tags: euphemistic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-rgneitEF Categories (other): English euphemisms
  9. (obsolete, euphemistic) A slop bucket. Tags: euphemistic, obsolete Synonyms (chamber pot): chamber pot
    Sense id: en-honeypot-en-noun-6PBOb5ME Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'chamber pot': 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honey pot Derived forms: honeypot ant Related terms: honeynet, honeytoken, honeytrap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.",
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          "ref": "1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe: Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War, Random House, →ISBN, page 226:",
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          "text": "Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot.",
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          "text": "'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss.",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a pot of honey",
      "word": "hunajapurkki"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "pot de miel"
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      "sense": "a pot of honey",
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      "sense": "a pot of honey",
      "word": "mézesbödön"
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      "tags": [
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}

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