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booby trap

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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. An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
    broadly

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

booby-hatch booby-trap boobyalla Boobyer boobyism booch

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