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noun
- 1. an object of fear or alarm; a bogey: North American "inflation isn't the only possible bugaboo that could derail the stock market and the economy"
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The meaning of BUGABOO is an imaginary object of fear. How to use bugaboo in a sentence.
Bugaboo definition: something that causes fear or worry; bugbear; bogy.. See examples of BUGABOO used in a sentence.
Use the noun bugaboo to describe something that causes worry, like the bugaboo of having three tests on the same day at school. Bugaboo is also another name for the creature known as the bogeyman, an imaginary monster that children believe will hurt them or even take them away if they don't behave.
Definition of bugaboo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
bugaboo in American English (ˈbʌɡəˌbuː) noun Word forms: plural -boos something that causes fear or worry; bugbear; bogy
1. An object of often obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation: raising the bugaboo of socialism to derail a plan for national health insurance. 2. A difficult or persistent problem: "At the bottom of all these deficiencies of planning and execution ... lay that old bugaboo, lack of unity of command" (Philip B. Davidson).
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use bugaboo in a sentence Gwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a bugaboo pram.
