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.
13 to cook the books → see cook
14 to take a leaf from someone's book → see leaf
▸ book in or book into PHRASAL VERB When you book into a hotel or when you book in , you officially state that you have arrived to stay there, usually by signing your name in a register. [BRIT ] □ [V P n] He was happy to book into the Royal Pavilion Hotel. □ [V n P n] Today Mahoney booked himself into one of the best hotels in Sydney. [Also V n P ] in AM, use check in , check into
book|able /bʊ kəb ə l/
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If something such as a theatre seat or plane ticket is bookable , it can be booked in advance. [mainly BRIT ] □ Tours leave from Palma and are bookable at some hotels or any travel agency.
2 ADJ In sports such as football, a bookable offence is an action for which a player can be officially warned by the referee. □ Both men were dismissed for a second bookable offence.
book|binder /bʊ kba I ndə r / (bookbinders ) also book-binder N‑COUNT A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
book|bind|ing /bʊ kba I nd I ŋ/ also book-binding N‑UNCOUNT Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
book|case /bʊ kke I s/ (bookcases ) N‑COUNT A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
boo k club (book clubs ) N‑COUNT A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.
boo ked u p
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is booked up , it has no rooms, tables, or tickets left for a time or date. [mainly BRIT ] □ Some restaurants are so booked up and so elitist that who you are and who you know really does matter if you want a table.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If someone is booked up , they have made so many arrangements that they have no more time to do things. [mainly BRIT ] □ Mr Wilson's diary is booked up for months ahead.
book|end /bʊ kend/ (bookends ) also book-end N‑COUNT [usu pl] Bookends are a pair of supports used to hold a row of books in an upright position by placing one at each end of the row.