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[ buhg-uh-boo ] / ˈbʌg əˌbu / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bugaboo ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural bug·a·boos.something that causes fear or worry; bugbear; bogy. Origin of bugaboo1730–40; earlier buggybow.See bogy1, boo1 Words nearby bugaboobuffy coat, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufotoxin, bug, bugaboo, bugaku, bugaloo, Buganda, Bugatti, Bugayev Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bugabooGwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a Bugaboo pram. How Different Is Raising the Royal Baby From a Typical American Child?|Kevin Fallon, Lizzie Crocker|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Not exactly a Bugaboo, sure, but it does have a nifty one-hand folding feature and weighs only 11 pounds. How Different Is Raising the Royal Baby From a Typical American Child?|Kevin Fallon, Lizzie Crocker|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Can we return the souped-up Bugaboo strollers and turn off the shiny iPhone rattles in favor of simpler tools for raising a child? Parent Like a Caveman|Danielle Friedman|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST Over-optimistic forecasts, coupled with underperformance, have long been a GM bugaboo. Behind GM's Shock Shakeup|Paul Ingrassia|December 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I should be a bugaboo to Owen—I should be fatally in the way. The Spoils of Poynton|Henry James He either did not see me, or else decided that I was not a bugaboo. Our Bird Comrades|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser I should have gone 'clean daft' if the bugaboo had been permitted to show me the sights they presently promised. Continental Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 4|Various To the man with too much ton mile on the brain the running of a train, the very object of the road's existence, becomes a bugaboo. Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine And the laugh that followed helped a little to scare away the bugaboo his words had raised in my mind. Life on the Stage|Clara Morris
British Dictionary definitions for bugaboo
noun plural -boosan imaginary source of fear; bugbear; bogey Word Origin for bugabooC18: probably of Celtic origin; compare Cornish buccaboo the devil Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bugaboohobgoblin, ogre, fright, bugbear, alarm, bogeyman, bogey, scare, goblin, specter, bogy, scarecrow |