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Definition of Bouncing Betty
1. Noun. An antipersonnel land mine.
Definition of Bouncing Betty
1. Noun. (military informal) A land mine which is propelled a meter or two into the air before exploding to increase the amount of damage inflicted on surrounding troops. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bouncing Betty
Literary usage of Bouncing Betty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The Marine had tripped a bouncing Betty mine, which flew knee-high before it
exploded, felling him and two Marines behind him. The column had halted, ..."
2. The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"You can see in the videotape when we would take a camera up to the doorways of
the bunkers to enter, you will see bouncing Betty live land mines, ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Saponaria officinalis, L. bouncing Betty. This plant is said to be somewhat
poisonous. Naturalized here and there in the state. 90. Vaccaria vulgaris, Host. ..."
4. Landmines: A Deadly Legacy by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"One of the most effective of these mines, a German-made bounding device dubbed
the "bouncing Betty," popped up from the ground to a height of seven feet ..."
5. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"We may take the common soapwort or bouncing Betty (Fig. 159), the evening primrose,
the fireweed, or the mullein, also called the velvet plant. ..."
6. The Illustrated Self-instructor in Phrenology and Physiology: With One by Orson Squire Fowler, Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1857)
"Of a large, raw-boned, bouncing Betty, who threw herself far up, and came down
good and solid, when she danced, we remarked—" She is one of your strong, ..."
7. The Days We Celebrate: A Collection of Original Dialogues, Recitations by Marie Irish (1904)
"Black-eyed Susan is handsome, indeed, But bouncing Betty cannot be still, While
Creeping Charlie never can walk, Let him try howsoever he will. ..."
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