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TRAP
ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap
(noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
bunker, sand trap, trap
(noun) a hazard on a golf course
trap
(noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
trap
(noun) a light two-wheeled carriage
trap
(noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
trap
(noun) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob
(noun) informal terms for the mouth
trap, snare
(noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; “the exam was full of trap questions”; “it was all a snare and delusion”
trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving; “The child was pinned under the fallen tree”
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”
trap
(verb) hold or catch as if in a trap; “The gaps between the teeth trap food particles”
trap, pin down
(verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position; “He was trapped in a difficult situation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
TRAP (uncountable)
(US, legislation) Acronym of targeted regulation of abortion providers.
Anagrams
• part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp
Etymology 1
Noun
trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)
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.
Synonym: snare
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
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.
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.
(historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
(slang) A person's mouth.
(in the plural) Belongings.
(slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
(sports) Trapshooting.
(geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
(computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
(Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
(US, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
A kind of movable stepladder.
(slang, informal, sometimes considered offensive) 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.
(slang, informal, chiefly derogatory or offensive) A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite. Some speakers distinguish the term from transgender on the basis of self-designation.
(LGBT, slang, informal, ) A young male, genderqueer, or rarely a trans girl who adopts a feminine aesthetic. (Usually used as a form self-identification.)
(music genre, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
Synonym: trap music
(slang, uncountable) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
Verb
trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)
(transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
(transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
(transitive) To provide with a trap.
(intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
(intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
(US, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
(computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
Etymology 2
Noun
trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)
A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
Etymology 3
Verb
trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)
To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
Etymology 4
Shortening.
Noun
trap (plural traps)
(slang, bodybuilding) The trapezius muscle.
Anagrams
• part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp
Source: Wiktionary
Trap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapping.] Etym: [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.]
Definition: To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. Chaucer. To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. Spenser. There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold. Tennyson.
Trap, n. Etym: [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe, G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp.] (Geol.)
Definition: An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark- colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic- augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.
Trap, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
Trap, n. Etym: [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD.trappe, OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.]
1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap. Chaucer.
2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. Rom. xi. 9. God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me! Shak.
3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.
4. The game of trapball.
5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
8. A kind of movable stepladder. Knight. Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor.
– Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack.
Trap, v. t. Etym: [AS. treppan. See Trap a snare.]
1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe." Dryden.
3. To provide with a trap; to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.
Trap, v. i.
Definition: To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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