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English to English noun
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an imaginary monster used to frighten children | source: wordnet30 Example:
• the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them
source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913
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