bugaboos
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bugaboos, plural;
/ˈbəgəˌbo͞o/,
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bugaboos, plural;
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An object of fear or alarm; a bugbear
Web Definitions:
- (bugaboo) bogeyman: an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- (bugaboo) a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"
- The Bugaboos (or Bugaboos) are a granite mountain range in the Purcell Mountains of eastern British Columbia, Canada. Major spires in the range are listed below. The area is commonly known to locals and mountaineers as "the Bugs".
- (Bugaboo (game)) Bugaboo (The Flea), originally released in Spain as La Pulga, is a computer game released in for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64 and MSX. It was the first computer game ever made in Spain . ...
- (bugaboo) Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo
- (Bugaboo) A trickster or prankster ghost.
- (bugaboo) something that causes baseless fear or worry; also, a false belief used to intimidate.
- Something that one is afraid of. An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety.