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Definition of Bugbear
Bugbear Bugbear Bug"bear`, n.
Same as Bugaboo. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke.
Bugbear Bugbear Bug"bear`, v. t.
To alarm with idle phantoms.
Bugbear Bugaboo Bug`a*boo", Bugbear Bug"bear`, n. [See Bug.]
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. ``Bugaboos to fright ye.' --Lloyd.
But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of
figure and a small estate. --Pope.
The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B.
Griffin.
The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J.
Burroughs.
Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow.