booby trap

See also boobytrap, and booby-trap

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From booby (“dunce, idiot”).

Noun

booby trap (plural booby traps)

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

Related terms

• boobytrap

Translations

antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object

• Arabic: شَركٌ (ar) (šárak) m, فَخّ (ar) (fax) m
• Armenian: ական-ծուղակ (hy) (akan-çuġak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餌雷 (cmn), 饵雷 (cmn) (ěrléi)

• Dutch: boobytrap (nl)
• Finnish: ansa (fi)
• French: piège (fr) m, objet piégé (fr) m
• Georgian: სატყუარა ნაღმი (ka) (satquara naḡmi), დაფარული საფრთხე (ka) (dap’aruli sap’rt’xe)
• German: Sprengfalle (de) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: meglepő akna (hu)
• Italian: trabocchetto (it) m
• Japanese: ブービートラップ (ja) (būbī torappu)
• Jèrriais: attrape-nigaud m
• Persian: دام انفجاری (fa)
• Russian: мина-ловушка (ru) (mína-lovúška) f
• Swedish: försåtminering (sv) c
• Tamil: சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி (ta)
• Turkish: bubi tuzağı (tr)
• Vietnamese: bẫy mìn (vi)

See also

• IED