booby trap

See also: boobytrap and booby-trap

English

Etymology

From booby (“dunce, idiot”).

Noun

booby trap (plural booby traps)

(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
(by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall

Related terms

boobytrap

Translations

antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object

Arabic: شَرَك‎‎ m (šarak), فَخّ‎‎ m (faḵḵ)
Armenian: ական-ծուղակ (akan-cułak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餌雷 (zh), 饵雷 (zh) (ěrléi)
Dutch: boobytrap (nl)
Finnish: ansa (fi)
French: piège (fr) m, objet piégé (fr) m
Georgian: სატყუარა ნაღმი (saṭq̇uara naɣmi), დაფარული საფრთხე (daparuli saprtxe)
German: Sprengfalle (de) f
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: meglepő akna

Icelandic: sprengjugildra f
Italian: trabocchetto m
Japanese: ブービートラップ (būbī torappu)
Norman: attrape-nigaud m
Persian: دام انفجاری‎‎
Portuguese: armadilha (pt) f
Russian: ми́на-лову́шка (ru) f (mína-lovúška)
Swedish: försåtminering c
Tamil: சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி (cūḻccip poṟi)
Turkish: bubi tuzağı (tr)
Vietnamese: bẫy mìn

See also

IED

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