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Trap

noun

1.

A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.

2.

Drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas.

3.

Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares. Synonym: snare. "It was all a snare and delusion"

4.

A device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters.

5.

The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait.

6.

Informal terms for the mouth. Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap.

7.

A light two-wheeled carriage.

8.

A hazard on a golf course. Synonyms: bunker, sand trap.

verb

(past & past part. trapped; pres. part. trapping)

1.

Place in a confining or embarrassing position. Synonym: pin down.

2.

Catch in or as if in a trap. Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel.

3.

Hold or catch as if in a trap.

4.

To hold fast or prevent from moving. Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin.

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"Trap" Quotes from Famous Books

... waits till the mass be completely gathered together; then, having covered his head with a large straw hat (for the most inoffensive bee will conceive itself caught in a trap if entangled in hair, and will infallibly use its sting), but, if he be experienced, wearing neither mask nor veil; having taken the precaution only of plunging his arms in cold water up to the elbow, he proceeds to gather ...

— The Life of the Bee • Maurice Maeterlinck

... concerning the lively Judith: "Surely you remember her, Jeff. She used to come here selling blackberries when she was a kid—a little barefooted girl and as pert as you please even then. After old Dick Buck died she used to trap rabbits and bring them here for sale and sometimes fish. It always made me mad for Aunt Em'ly to encourage her by making Mother buy the things. I think poor persons should be taken care of all right but they ...

— The Comings of Cousin Ann • Emma Speed Sampson

... at the end of every street which led down to the river at right angles so that if the population had not been disqualified by the influences of the moment, they would have caught the assailants in the bed of the river "as in a trap," and overwhelmed them from the walls alongside. Within a square of fifteen miles to each side, we are not surprised to hear that both the extremities were already in the power of the besiegers before the central population heard of it, and ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various

... boatswain had started for the steerage, where three hundred Chinamen were packed like herrings on the floor and in the berths along the sides of the room. When he opened the trap-door to go down the stairs, the poisonous stench which assailed his nostrils almost knocked him down. "By all the great sharks in the sea," he cried angrily, "I believe it would be easier to breathe in the bottom of the ocean than down there with those pig-tailed Chinamen! He! I don't want to ...

— The Shipwreck - A Story for the Young • Joseph Spillman

... talked to tease, but listened to learn), "now, Dic, you know the adze was only an excuse. You went to see Sukey. You know you did. Why didn't you borrow Kaster's adze? They live much nearer your house." She thought she had him in a trap, and laughed ...

— A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties • Charles Major

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