Booby trap
Booby trap noun - A usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed.
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Hook and booby trap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hook" instead a noun phrase "Booby trap".
Hook
Hook noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Booby trap and hook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Booby trap" instead a noun "Hook".
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Gullible Lemmings: As often as the heroes outmatch Team Rocket, you can almost always expect them to fall hook, line and sinker for a booby trap or Paper-Thin Disguise beforehand.
Source: Anime / Pokémon -
In the Pokémon anime, as often as the heroes outmatch Team Rocket, you can almost always expect them to fall hook, line and sinker for a booby trap or Paper-Thin Disguise beforehand.
Source: Gullible Lemmings -
One of them sees he's triggered a grenade Booby Trap and runs for his life, not realising the grenade is bouncing after him because it's hooked on his clothing via a monofilament line and a fish hook.
Source: Sticky Bomb
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Hook and Booby trap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/booby_trap/hook
Booby trap & Hook. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/booby_trap/hook>.
Hook or Booby trap. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/booby_trap/hook.
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