bug-a-boo
See also: bugaboo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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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.
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- 1949 - George R. Stewart Earth Abides, p. 80
Synonyms
- (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin