Booby
51booby trap booby-trap — noun (C) 1 a hidden bomb that explodes when you touch something else that is connected to it 2 a harmless trap that you arrange for someone as a joke: The booby trap was a bucket of water resting on top of the door. booby trapped adjective …
52booby prize — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms booby prize : singular booby prize plural booby prizes a prize given as a joke to someone who comes last in a competition …
53booby prize — noun a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest • Hypernyms: ↑trophy, ↑prize • Hyponyms: ↑wooden spoon * * * noun, pl ⋯ prizes [count] informal : a prize that is given as a joke to the person who finishes last in a competition usually… …
54Booby hatch — Hatch Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[ a]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.] 1 …
55booby-trap — verb To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on …
56booby prize — [[t]bu͟ːbi praɪz[/t]] booby prizes N COUNT The booby prize is a prize given as a joke to the person who comes last in a competition …
57booby trap — noun an object containing a concealed explosive device designed to detonate when someone touches it. verb (booby trap) place a booby trap in or on …
58booby trap — /ˈbubi træp/ (say boohbee trap) noun 1. an object so placed as to fall on or trip up an unsuspecting person. 2. Military a hidden or disguised bomb or mine so placed that it will be set off by an unsuspecting person. –verb (t) 3. to set with a… …
59booby hatch — [“bubi...] n. a mental hospital. □ I was afraid they would send me to the booby hatch. □ Don’t you mean send you back to the booby hatch? …
60Booby gannet — Gannet Gan net, n. [OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See {Gander}, {Goose}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Sula}, allied to the pelicans. [1913 Webster] Note …
