boogeyman
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iˌmæn, ˈbu
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| boogeyman | |
noun | |
| an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman] |
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Boogeyman
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
There's precious little to be gained by examining the current boogeyman of weapons.
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