snare

Plural: snares

Noun

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • "it was all a snare and delusion"
• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
• 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
• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
• A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
• A mental or psychological trap.
• A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
• A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
• A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
• A snare drum.

Verb

Verb Forms: snared, snaring, snares

• To catch an animal in a trap; to entrap.
• catch in or as if in a trap
• entice and trap
  • "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
• To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
• To ensnare.

Examples

• I tried to SNARE my opponent into opening up a triple word score for me.

Synonyms

ensnare, entrap, gin, hook, noose, side drum, snare drum, trammel, trap

Related Words

ensnare, snare drum, snare-picture, snarl

Anagrams of snare