booby trap

Questions about booby trap

What does booby trap mean?

booby trap means "an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for booby trap?

Close synonyms include land mine, ground-emplaced mine, pitfall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is booby trap a common word?

booby trap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.