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bugbear

n. அச்சுறுத்தி, பூச்சாண்டி, (பெ.) அச்சுறுத்துகிற.n. அச்சுறுத்தி, பூச்சாண்டி, (பெ.) அச்சுறுத்துகிற.


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Bug"bear`, n. Defn: Same as Bugaboo. -- a. Defn: Causing needless fright. Locke. Bug"bear`, v. t. Defn: To alarm with idle phantoms. Bug`a*boo", Bug"bear`, n. Etym: [See Bug.] Defn: 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.


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