Wiktionary
bouncing betty
n. (context military informal English) 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.
WordNet
bouncing betty
n. an anti-personnel land mine
Wikipedia
Bouncing Betty (disambiguation)
Bouncing Betty is the allied nickname of Blueberry, a German bounding mine used in the 1930s and 1940s.
Bouncing Betty may also refer to:
- Bouncing Betty (comics), a fictional character in the X-Men story arc X-Men: Nation X
- Bouncing Betty Records, a punk-rock label whose catalog includes The Scarred
- Bouncing betty, in angling, a type of lead weight used by a flosser
- Bouncing Betty, a mixed drink made with Crown Royal whiskey
Usage examples of "bouncing betty".
The sound of a Bouncing Betty's boom-boom always worked like a Pavlovian dinner song.
The idea of a Bouncing Betty anti-personnel mine exploding at head height was enough to dispel any nonchalance in the troops.