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trap
1[trap]
noun
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares.
any of various devices for removing undesirable substances from a moving fluid, vapor, etc., as water from steam or cinders from coal gas.
Also called air trap. an arrangement in a pipe, as a double curve or a U -shaped section, in which liquid remains and forms a seal for preventing the passage or escape of air or of gases through the pipe from behind or below.
traps, the percussion instruments of a jazz or dance band.
Slang., trap house.
Trapshooting., a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air.
Golf., sand trap.
Baseball., an act or instance of trapping a ball.
Also called trap play. Also called mousetrap. Football., a play in which a defensive player, usually a guard or tackle, is allowed by the team on offense to cross the line of scrimmage into the backfield and is then blocked out from the side, thereby letting the ball-carrier run through the opening in the line.
the piece of wood, shaped somewhat like a shoe hollowed at the heel, and moving on a pivot, used in playing the game of trapball.
the game of trapball.
Slang., mouth.
Keep your trap shut.
Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive., (especially in anime) a crossdressing man who is perceived as or passes as a woman: a disparaging and offensive term when referring to a trans woman.
Chiefly British., a carriage, especially a light, two-wheeled one.
verb (used with object)
to catch in a trap; ensnare.
to trap foxes.
to catch by stratagem, artifice, or trickery.
to furnish or set with traps.
to provide (a drain or the like) with a trap.
to stop and hold by a trap, as air in a pipe.
Baseball., to catch (a ball) as or immediately after it hits the ground.
Football., to execute a trap against (a defensive player).
verb (used without object)
to set traps for game.
He was busy trapping.
to engage in the business of trapping animals for their furs.
Trapshooting., to work the trap.
trap
2[trap]
trap
3[trap]
noun
any of various fine-grained, dark-colored igneous rocks having a more or less columnar structure, especially some form of basalt.
trap
4[trap]
noun
a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
trap
1/ træp /
noun
a mechanical device or enclosed place or pit in which something, esp an animal, is caught or penned
any device or plan for tricking a person or thing into being caught unawares
anything resembling a trap or prison
a fitting for a pipe in the form of a U-shaped or S-shaped bend that contains standing water to prevent the passage of gases
any similar device
a device that hurls clay pigeons into the air to be fired at by trapshooters
any one of a line of boxlike stalls in which greyhounds are enclosed before the start of a race
See trap door
a light two-wheeled carriage
a slang word for mouth
golf an obstacle or hazard, esp a bunker
slang, (plural) jazz percussion instruments
obsolete, (usually plural) a policeman
verb
(tr) to catch, take, or pen in or as if in a trap; entrap
(tr) to ensnare by trickery; trick
(tr) to provide (a pipe) with a trap
to set traps in (a place), esp for animals
trap
2/ træp /
noun
an obsolete word for trappings
verb
to dress or adorn
trap
3/ træp /
noun
any fine-grained often columnar dark igneous rock, esp basalt
any rock in which oil or gas has accumulated
Other Word Forms
- traplike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of trap1
Origin of trap2
Word History and Origins
Origin of trap1
Origin of trap2
Origin of trap3
Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
A total of 580 hikers who were trapped by severe weather near Mount Everest have been guided to safety in Tibet, according to Chinese state media.
One night, a man trapped a selkie and made her his wife.
Firefighters rescued a goat from a baaaad predicament after she took a tumble from the top of her favorite napping rock and found herself trapped in between two minivan-sized boulders.
One method to oust the horses would use helicopters to drive them into a trap, which animal welfare groups say creates dangerous, even deadly, situations for horses.
The first fire captain on scene used the help of about 15 bystanders to lift part of the helicopter off one of the victims who was trapped underneath, Sylvia said.
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