trap

Plural: traps

Noun

• a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • "the exam was full of trap questions"
• a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
• informal terms for the mouth
• a light two-wheeled carriage
• a hazard on a golf course
• 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.
• A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
• A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
• A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
• An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
• Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
• Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
• 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 lack of an outlet.
• 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 geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
• A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
• A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
• The game of trapball itself.
• A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
• A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
• An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
• A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
• A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
• A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
• A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
• A person's mouth.
• Synonym of vagina.
• A policeman.
• Belongings.
• A cubicle (in a public toilet).
• Trapshooting.
• A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
• The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
• A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
• The trapezius muscle.

Verb

Verb Forms: trapped, trapt, trapping, traps

• To catch an animal in a device; to ensnare or capture.
• place in a confining or embarrassing position
  • "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
• catch in or as if in a trap
  • "The men trap foxes"
• hold or catch as if in a trap
  • "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
• to hold fast or prevent from moving
• To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
• To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
• To provide with a trap.
• To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
• To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
• To leave suddenly, to flee.
• To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
• To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
• Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
• To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
• To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).

Examples

• a horse and trap
• After 100 traps, the arresting cables have to be replaced to minimize the danger of a worn or fatigued cable snapping under an aircraft.
• After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz.
• Be careful not to trap your finger in the door.
• Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
• He managed to TRAP his opponent into leaving an open triple-word score.
• I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
• I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.
• Keep your trap shut.
• They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
• They trapped north along the river.
• to trap a drain
• to trap a sewer pipe
• to trap foxes
• trap car
• trap for beaver
• trap phone
• trap street
• Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.

Synonyms

ambuscade, ambush, bunker, cakehole, ensnare, entrap, gob, hole, immobilise, immobilize, lying in wait, maw, pin, pin down, sand trap, snare, trammel, yap, trap music, vagina

Antonyms

bolter

Related Words

entrap, entrapment, trap set, trapping, trip-trap