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petard
[ pi-tahrd ]
noun
- an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- a kind of firecracker.
- (initial capital letter) Also called Flying Dustbin. a British spigot mortar of World War II that fired a 40-pound (18-kilogram) finned bomb, designed to destroy pillboxes and other concrete obstacles.
petard
/ pɪˈtɑːd /
noun
- (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc
- hoist with one's own petardbeing the victim of one's own schemes
- a type of explosive firework
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of petard1
C16: from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- hoist by / with one's own petard, hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another.
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Example Sentences
Oh no, like Shakespeare would say, I was hoist with my own petard.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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