What does bouncing betty mean?

bouncing betty means "an antipersonnel land mine".

Is bouncing betty a common word?

bouncing betty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bouncing betty — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an antipersonnel land mine
Broaderland mine

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What does bouncing betty mean?: bouncing betty means "an antipersonnel land mine".
Is bouncing betty a common word?: bouncing betty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bouncing betty come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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