petard

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English - English
A hat shaped explosive device, now rarely used
Anything potentially explosive in a non-literal sense

For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar - Hamlet, Shakespeare.

A loud firecracker
{n} an engine to blow up places by
{i} explosive device, bomb
a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc
It has been superseded
A case containing powder to be exploded, esp
If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. (2)
a explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
hoist by one's own petard
To be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb"

He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard.

petards
plural of petard
petard

    Hyphenation

    pe·tard

    Turkish pronunciation

    pıtäd

    Pronunciation

    /pəˈtäd/ /pəˈtɑːd/

    Etymology

    [ p&-'tär(d) ] (noun.) 1598. Latin; pedere "to break wind" via Middle French; from peter "to break wind" from pet "expulsion of intestinal gas"
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