trap

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trap

A mouse is caught in a small wooden trap near a kitchen wall.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A device for catching animals: A mechanical or structural device designed to capture and hold an animal, often by snapping shut or confining it.
    • A trick or scheme to deceive someone: A situation or plan that is intended to trick or deceive a person, leading them into a disadvantageous position.
    • A hazard or difficult situation: An unexpected problem or hidden difficulty, such as a tricky question.
    • A light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage: A specific type of vehicle.
    • (Informal) The mouth: Used in casual speech to refer to a person's mouth.

  2. Verb:

    • To catch in a trap: To capture an animal using a trap.
    • To prevent from escaping: To hold something or someone in a place or situation from which it is difficult to escape.
    • To trick or deceive: To cause someone to become caught in a deceptive or inescapable situation.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The hunter checked the trap he had set for rabbits.
    • The question was a clever trap designed to make the witness contradict himself.
    • Be careful of the sand trap on the seventh hole of the golf course.

  • Verb:

    • They trap beavers for their fur.
    • The fallen tree trapped the hiker's leg.
    • She felt trapped in her dead-end job.
Advanced Usage
  • "to set a trap": To prepare a trap for use.
    • The farmer set a trap for the mice in the barn.
  • "to fall into a trap": To be deceived or caught by a trick.
    • Many investors fell into the trap of buying at the peak of the market.
  • "to be trapped": To be in a state of confinement or a difficult situation with no easy escape.
    • The miners were trapped underground for three days.
Variants and Related Words
  • Trapper (n): A person who traps wild animals, especially for their fur.
  • Entrap (v): To catch in or as if in a trap; often implies trickery or deception by authorities.
  • Trapping (n): The act of catching animals in traps. (Note: The plural "trappings" refers to outward signs or accessories associated with a particular status or role, e.g., ).
  • Booby trap (n): A hidden trap designed to harm or surprise a person.
  • Sand trap (n): A hazard on a golf course, also known as a bunker.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Snare, pitfall, ambush, ruse, trick.
  • Verb: Ensnare, entrap, catch, corner, pin.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Trap in: To cause something to be caught or held inside.
    • The design traps heat in the building.
  • Trap into: To trick someone into doing or saying something.
    • The reporter trapped the politician into admitting his mistake.
Related Idioms
  • Shut one's trap: (Informal, often rude) To stop talking; to be quiet.
    • He finally shut his trap after talking for an hour.
  • Mind like a steel trap: Having a very quick and sharp intellect or memory.
    • The lawyer has a mind like a steel trap; she remembers every detail.
trap

A mouse is caught in a small wooden trap near a kitchen wall.

Noun
  1. a hazard on a golf course
  2. a light two-wheeled carriage
  3. informal terms for the mouth
  4. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  5. a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
  6. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
    • the exam was full of trap questions
    • it was all a snare and delusion
  7. drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
  8. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
Verb
  1. to hold fast or prevent from moving
    • The child was pinned under the fallen tree
  2. hold or catch as if in a trap
    • The gaps between the teeth trap food particles
  3. catch in or as if in a trap
    • The men trap foxes
  4. place in a confining or embarrassing position
    • He was trapped in a difficult situation

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