ALL meanings of booby-trap
boo·by-trap
B b - countable noun booby-trap A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched. 3
- verb booby-trap If something is booby-trapped, a booby-trap is placed in it or on it. 3
- noun booby-trap a hidden explosive device primed in such a way as to be set off by an unsuspecting victim 3
- noun booby-trap a trap for an unsuspecting person, esp one intended as a practical joke, such as an object balanced above a door to fall on the person who opens it 3
- verb booby-trap to set a booby trap in or on (a building or object) or for (a person) 3
- verb booby-trap to set a booby trap in or on (a building or object) 3
- verb booby-trap to set a booby trap for (a person) 3
- noun booby-trap any scheme or device for tricking a person unawares 3
- noun booby-trap a bomb or mine that is set to be exploded by some action of the intended victim, as when some seemingly harmless object is lifted 3
- verb with object booby-trap to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in. 1
- noun booby-trap a hidden bomb or mine so placed that it will be set off by an unsuspecting person through such means as moving an apparently harmless object. 1
- noun booby-trap any hidden trap set for an unsuspecting person. 1
- noun booby-trap Alternative spelling of booby trap. 0
- verb booby-trap To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on. 0