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Booby trap
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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verb (used with object), boo·by-trapped, boo·by-trap·ping.
to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
Origin:
1940–45
1940–45
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| booby trap | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hidden explosive device primed in such a way as to be set off by an unsuspecting victim |
| 2. | a trap for an unsuspecting person, esp one intended as a practical joke, such as an object balanced above a door to fall on the person who opens it |
| —vb , booby-trap, traps, -trapping, -trapped | |
| 3. | (tr) to set a booby trap in or on (a building or object) or for (a person) |
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