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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Bugaboo (0.00853 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Bugaboo.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bugaboo
momok
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bugaboo
bugaboo
n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn:
bogeyman,
bugbear,
boogeyman,
booger]
2: a source of concern;
“the old bugaboo of inflation still
bothers them”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bugaboo
Bugaboo
\Bug`a*boo"\, Bugbear
\Bug"bear`\, n. [See
Bug.]
Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that
causes needless fright; something used to excite needless
fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary
monster, used to frighten children, etc.
“Bugaboos to fright
ye.” --Lloyd.
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But, to the world no bugbear is so great
As want of figure and a small estate. --Pope.
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The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B.
Griffin.
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The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J.
Burroughs.
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2. a source of concern; as, the old bugaboo of inflation
still bothers them.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; bogeyman;
boogeyman; booger.
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