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bugaboo
('b/@/g/@/,b/u/ )

noun (n)

  • an imaginary monster used to frighten children(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • a source of concern(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
    source: wordnet30
  • Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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