Snare
WordNet
noun
(1) A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
(2) Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
(3) A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
(4) A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
(5) Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
"The exam was full of trap questions"
"It was all a snare and delusion"
verb
(6) Entice and trap
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
(7) Catch in or as if in a trap
"The men trap foxes"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
- A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A snare drum.