bug-a-boo

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.

   “The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for bug-a-boo, hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.”

2. isim Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.

   “...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.”