Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "booby-trapped" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF BOOBY-TRAPPED

booby-trapped  [ˈbuːbɪtræpt] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOOBY-TRAPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Booby-Trapped is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BOOBY-TRAPPED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

booby-trapped

Booby trap

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a person, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim. As the word trap implies, they often have some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. However, in other cases the device is placed on busy roads or is triggered when the victim performs some type of everyday action e.g. opening a door, picking something up or switching something on. Booby traps should not be confused with mantraps which are designed to catch a person. Lethal booby traps are often used in warfare, particularly guerrilla warfare, and traps designed to cause injury or pain are also sometimes used by criminals wanting to protect drugs or other illicit property, and by some owners of legal property who wish to protect it from theft. Booby traps which merely cause discomfort or embarrassment are a popular form of practical joke.

Definition of booby-trapped in the English dictionary

The definition of booby-trapped in the dictionary is in which a booby trap has been planted.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOOBY-TRAPPED


crapped
kræpt
enrapt
ɪnˈræpt
enwrapped
ɪnˈræpt
giftwrapped
ˈɡɪftræpt
inwrapped
ɪnˈræpt
mousetrapped
ˈmaʊsˌtræpt
rapped
ræpt
rapt
ræpt
scrapped
skræpt
shrink-wrapped
ˈʃrɪŋkˌræpt
strapped
stræpt
trapped
træpt
untrapped
ʌnˈtræpt
wrapped
ræpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOOBY-TRAPPED

boob
boob happy
boob job
boob tube
boobhead
boobialla
boobies
boobird
boobish
booboisie
boobook
Boobquake
booby
booby hatch
booby prize
booby trap
booby-trap
boobyish
boobyism
boodie

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOOBY-TRAPPED

capped
cash-strapped
clapped
gapped
handicapped
happed
kidnapped
lapped
mapped
mentally handicapped
overlapped
recapped
slapped
snapped
stopped
swapped
tapped
uncapped
untapped
unwrapped
zapped

Synonyms and antonyms of booby-trapped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «booby-trapped» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF BOOBY-TRAPPED

Find out the translation of booby-trapped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of booby-trapped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «booby-trapped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诱杀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

una trampa explosiva
570 millions of speakers

English

booby-trapped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

- फिसड्डी फँस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفخخة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заминирован
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

armadilhado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানসিক-আটকা পড়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piégé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Booby-terjebak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sprengfallen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

- ブービートラップされた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

- 부비 트랩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepranan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bẫy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொறிகளைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्ख-सापळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

-Bubi tuzağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

booby -trapped
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaminowana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замінований
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capcane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγιδευμένες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sukkel- vasgekeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

booby - fångade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

booby - fanget
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of booby-trapped

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOBY-TRAPPED»

The term «booby-trapped» is regularly used and occupies the 75.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
65
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «booby-trapped» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of booby-trapped
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «booby-trapped».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOBY-TRAPPED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «booby-trapped» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «booby-trapped» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about booby-trapped

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOBY-TRAPPED»

Discover the use of booby-trapped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to booby-trapped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Booby Trapped: Men Beware! the Dirty Seven Sisters : a ...
This dating guide shows how to overcome dating traps, use sex appeal as just one criteria, and how to best judge a suitable partner.
June Marshall, 2003
2
Booby-Trapped!
Young sleuths are challenged by a collection of mini-mysteries following the adventures of Mr. Boddy, who has invited his six best friends to his mansion for the weekend, and when he outwits them with security cameras, they plan revenge.
Jahnna N. Malcolm, Eric Weiner, A. E. Parker, 1994
3
The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, almost loses his job after two fiasco-filled rides in Slim's pickup truck.
John R. Erickson, Gerald L. Holmes, John R. Erickson, 2007
4
Booby Trapped
james gibbs. The Chief Commissioner trembling with fury. Pack it in Romeo, I'm no being an arse wiper no longer” Agnes snapped, “you're just a shower of bastards ready to clutch at straws. Look at him. Example No.1. He gets himsel' butted ...
james gibbs
5
World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics
Figures in bold refer to illustrations activation devices A (11), 12–13, 17–18 disarming 13 airfields, booby-trapped 28 alarm illumination detectors 32 American Civil War (1861–65) 9 ammunition dumps, booby-trapped 60–61 artillery, ...
Gordon L Rottman, 2011
6
Booby-Trapped: How to Feel Normal in a Breast-Obsessed World
Readers of "Booby-Trapped" will learn to discover the true source of their own sensuality, enjoy leaps into self acceptance, understand how society became so preoccupied with breast size, let go of ideals about size and shape, recognize the ...
Nili Sachs, Ph.D., 2003
7
The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, almost loses his job after two fiasco-filled rides in Slim's pickup truck.
‎2007
8
World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps
This book examines these different pieces of equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, as well as discussing the specialist equipment developed by Special Forces units, including the SAS Lewes Bomb.
Gordon L. Rottman, 2013
9
Preliminary test of booby-trapping for control of two ...
However, male beetles attempting to mate contaminated the booby- trapped females with insecticide. Not all the locust borer males attempted to mate with the females they encountered. When their antennae contacted the boats before the ...
Jimmy R. Galford, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.), United States. Forest Service, 1979
10
Six Silent Men
We moved uphill about twenty meters in the direction from which we had entered the NDP and set up three booby-trapped grenades spaced out and on line. In Lurps we carried preprepared booby—trapped grenades made by emptying the ...
Reynel Martinez, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOBY-TRAPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term booby-trapped is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wilayat Sinai fails to cripple Egyptian army
Most roads were booby-trapped and militants were deployed between inhabited houses.” Wilayat Sinai's control of Sheikh Zuweid for over 10 ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
2
Iraqi fighter jet accidentally bombs Baghdad, 12 killed
A booby-trapped house exploded in Baghdad's southern suburb of Arab Jabour, killing three members of security forces and wounding nine, ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
The world in brief Jet accidentally bombs Baghdad; 12 die
The deadliest took place in Baghdad's southern suburb of Arab Jabour when a booby-trapped house exploded, killing three members of ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
Police actions saved lives as bomber frightened city
... Graaf and Jack Taylor and heading to the suspect's home soon after the mailed clock, booby-trapped with a stick of dynamite, went off. «The Carillon, Jul 15»
5
Disregarding Reality, Yet Again: The Human Rights Council …
In establishing this, the commission fails to take into account the realities of warfare in built-up, and in part booby-trapped, areas in which forces ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
6
Tour de France: A booby-trapped layout should add some surprises
This year's race might be the most booby-trapped Tour in recent memory. For the second year in a row, it features the treacherous cobblestones ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
7
Religious persecution of Christians around the globe - the future …
... Syria from ISIS - although many of the original occupants remain unaccounted for and many of their homes have been left booby-trapped. «Independent Catholic News, Jul 15»
8
Fantastic Four Scenes We Want to See in the New Film
Now that he's a celebrity, they have a tendency to send him booby-trapped presents that turns every visit from Willie Lumpkin into a potential ... «ComingSoon.net, Jul 15»
9
Attractions, roadside and natural, in Hocking Hills, Ohio
... safe in the back room - and Nutter was afraid it might have been booby-trapped to blow up if anyone without the combination tried to open it. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
10
Syrian Army, Hezbollah Tighten Siege on Rebel-held City
... that most of the blasts that targeted Lebanon recently were planned by the rebels in Syria and the cars were booby-trapped in Qalamoun. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Booby-Trapped [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/booby-trapped>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z