Trap
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
(2) A hazard on a golf course
(3) A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
(4) A light two-wheeled carriage
(5) A device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
(6) Drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
(7) Informal terms for the mouth
(8) Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
"The exam was full of trap questions"
"It was all a snare and delusion"
verb
(9) To hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
(10) Catch in or as if in a trap
"The men trap foxes"
(11) Hold or catch as if in a trap
"The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
(12) Place in a confining or embarrassing position
"He was trapped in a difficult situation"
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Etymology 1
træppe treppe, of uncertain ultimate origin. Cognate with French trappe, Spanish trampa.
Noun
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.
- Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson.
- A kind of movable stepladder.
- A persons' mouth.
- To ask a person not to reveal any information
- Keep your trap shut.
- (plural) belongings
- 1870, Mark Twain, Running for Governor,
- ...his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. Twain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in)...
- A transvestite, a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman.
- I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.
- An exception generated by the processor.
Verb
- To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
- To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
Noun
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
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