booby trap

Meaning

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. (broadly) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.

Synonyms

trap

🪤

pitfall

land mine

ground-emplaced mine

snare

ambuscado

booby-trap

lying in wait

trou-de-loup

ambuscade

Translations

piège

🪤

boobytrap

armadilha

🪤

Sprengfalle

trampa explosiva

atrapar

لَغَم أَرْضِيّ

كمين

Hinterhalt

Falle

🪤

شرك خداعي

κρυμμένη βόμβα

ναρκοπαγίδα

χωσιά

celada

Etymology

From booby (“dunce, idiot”).