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Booby trap

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
  2. 2
    an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over wordnet
  3. 3
    A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
  4. 4
    an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty wordnet
  5. 5
    An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall. broadly

Etymology

From booby (“dunce, idiot”).

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