booby-trap
/B UW1 B IY0 T R AE1 P/noun
- 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
(by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
verb
- 1
To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
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