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bugaboo
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bugaboo
(noun)
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bugaboo
/
ˈ
bʌgəˌbuː/
noun
plural
bugaboos
bugaboo
/
ˈ
bʌgəˌbuː/
noun
plural
bugaboos
Learner's definition of BUGABOO
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US, often disapproving
:
something that makes people very worried or upset
politicians complaining about that old
bugaboo
, high oil prices
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