Usually means: Device designed to surprise, harm.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word booby-trap:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. booby-trap: Merriam-Webster
  2. booby-trap, booby-trap: Collins English Dictionary
  3. booby-trap: Wordnik
  4. booby-trap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. booby-trap: Wiktionary
  6. booby-trap: Dictionary.com
  7. booby-trap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Booby-trap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Booby-trap: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. booby-trap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. booby-trap: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. booby-trap: Encyclopedia

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verb:  (transitive) To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
noun:  Alternative spelling of booby trap [(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.]

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