honeypot

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16
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16
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8

Definition of honeypot

9 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A pot of honey.
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noun

  1. A pot of honey.
  2. (US, dated, figuratively, slang)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
  3. (figuratively, slang)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
    “"[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have a point.”
  4. (figuratively)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
    “And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.”
    “Perhaps in order to create his own, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats.”
    “The NKVD uses attractive ballerinas for honeypot espionage.”
  5. (figuratively)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
    “Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot.”
    “'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss.”
  6. (figuratively)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
    “Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers.”
  7. (British, figuratively)Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
    “Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.”
    “ES's original intention was to run beyond Berlin to the tourist honeypots of Dresden and Prague, but a lack of suitable train paths means that won't be possible until March 2024.”
  8. (euphemistic, obsolete)A chamber pot.
  9. (euphemistic, obsolete)A slop bucket.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot.

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