Dictionary Definition
bugaboo
Noun
2 a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of
inflation still bothers them"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- An imagined fear or
threat, or a fear
presumed larger than it really is.
- 1949 - George R. Stewart Earth Abides, p. 80
- ...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.
Extensive Definition
A Bugaboo is something that causes fear or worry.
It can also refer to:
In geography:
- The
Bugaboos, a granite mountain range in the Purcell Mountains of
eastern British Columbia, Canada
- Bugaboo Provincial Park, a park in that area
- Bugaboo
Swamp is in the Okefenokee
Swamp located in the southern portion of Georgia, United
States.
- Bugaboo scrub fire, a fire that was named for the above swamp.
In media
- Bugaboo (The Flea), a 1983 game written for various 8-bit computers
- Bug a Boo, a song by Destiny's Child
- Bug-A-Booo'' is a comic strip by Mauricio de Sousa about a gang of ghosts, undeads and other Halloween creatures.
It may also refer to:
- Bugaboo (baby carrier)
- Bugaboo, a thin straight piton or metal spike, perfect for thin, deep seams.
- Bugaboo Creek Steak House, a chain of Canadian Rockies-themed steakhouses primarily located in the north-eastern United States