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1 N‑COUNT A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched. □  Police were checking the area for booby traps.

2 VERB [usu passive] If something is booby-trapped , a booby-trap is placed in it or on it. □ [be V -ed] …fears that the area may have been booby trapped. □ [V -ed] His booby-trapped car exploded.

boogey|man /buː gimæn/ (boogeymen ) → see bogeyman

boo|gie /buː gi/ (boogies , boogying or boogieing , boogied ) VERB When you boogie , you dance to fast pop music. [INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ] □ [V ] At night, a good place to boogie through till sunrise is the Pink Panther Bar.

book ◆◆◆ /bʊ k/ (books , booking , booked )

1 N‑COUNT A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example. □  His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller. □  …the author of a book on politics. □  …reference books.

2 N‑COUNT A book of something such as stamps, matches, or tickets is a small number of them fastened together between thin cardboard covers. □ [+ of ] Can I have a book of first class stamps please?

3 VERB When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time. □ [V n] British officials have booked hotel rooms for the women and children. □ [V n n] Laurie revealed she had booked herself a flight home last night. □ [V -ed] …three-star restaurants that are normally booked for months in advance.

4 N‑PLURAL A company's or organization's books are its records of money that has been spent and earned or of the names of people who belong to it. [BUSINESS ] □  For the most part he left the books to his managers and accountants. □  Around 12 per cent of the people on our books are in the computing industry.

5 VERB When a referee books a football player who has seriously broken the rules of the game, he or she officially writes down the player's name. □ [V n] The referee booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie.

6 VERB When a police officer books someone, he or she officially records their name and the offence that they may be charged with. □ [V n] They took him to the station and booked him for assault with a deadly weapon.

7 N‑COUNT In a very long written work such as the Bible, a book is one of the sections into which it is divided.

8 → see also booking , cheque book , phone book

9 PHRASE If you bring someone to book , you punish them for an offence or make them explain their behaviour officially. □  Police should be asked to investigate so that the guilty can be brought to book soon.

10 PHRASE If you say that someone or something is a closed book , you mean that you do not know anything about them. □  Frank Spriggs was a very able man but something of a closed book. □  Economics was a closed book to him.

11 PHRASE If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is fully booked , or booked solid , it is booked up. □  The car ferries from the mainland are often fully booked by February.

12 PHRASE In my book means 'in my opinion' or 'according to my beliefs'. □  The greatest manager there has ever been, or ever will be in my book, is retiring.

13to cook the books → see cook

14to take a leaf from someone's book → see leaf