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==English== |
==English== |
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==English== |
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===Alternative spellings=== |
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* [[bugaboo]] |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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*{{audio|en-us-bugaboo.ogg|Audio (US)}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# A [[mythical]], [[nocturnal]] [[creature]]; a [[hobgoblin]]. |
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# {{alternative spelling of|bugaboo}} |
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|passage=The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for '''bug-a-boo''', hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.}} |
|passage=The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for '''bug-a-boo''', hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.}} |
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# Any imagined [[fear]] or [[threat]], or a fear presumed larger than it really is. |
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#* '''1949''' - George R. Stewart ''[[w:Earth_Abides|Earth Abides]]'', p. 80 |
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#: ...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of '''''bug-a-boo''''' terror about roving gangsters. |
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====See also==== |
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*[[bogey]] |
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*[[bugbear]] |
Revision as of 10:52, 7 June 2010
English
English
Alternative spellings
Pronunciation
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Noun
bug-a-boo (plural bug-a-boos)
- A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.
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- Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.
- 1949 - George R. Stewart Earth Abides, p. 80
- ...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.