booby trap

== English == === Etymology === From booby (“dunce, idiot”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === booby trap (plural booby traps) (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object. A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like. (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall. ==== Related terms ==== boobytrap ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== canary trap honeypot IED ==== References ==== (practical joke): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary