trap

A2
Pronunciation
/tɹæp/
/tɹæp/
Noun
24 definition(s)
1 Definition

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.

Synonyms
snare
Example Sentences
  • I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
2 Definition

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

Example Sentences
  • Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
3 Definition

A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

Example Sentences
  • Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
4 Definition

A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.

5 Definition

A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball

6 Definition

The game of trapball itself.

7 Definition

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

Example Sentences
  • They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
8 Definition

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.

9 Definition

A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.

10 Definition

A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

11 Definition

A person's mouth.

Example Sentences
  • Keep your trap shut.
12 Definition

(in the plural) Belongings.

13 Definition

A cubicle (in a public toilet).

Example Sentences
  • I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.
14 Definition

Trapshooting.

15 Definition

A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.

16 Definition

An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

17 Definition

A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.

18 Definition

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".)

19 Definition

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.

20 Definition

A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.

21 Definition

A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.

Synonyms
trap music
22 Definition

The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.

23 Definition

A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

24 Definition

The trapezius muscle.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

Example Sentences
  • to trap foxes
2 Definition

To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

3 Definition

To provide with a trap.

Example Sentences
  • to trap a drain
4 Definition

To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game

Example Sentences
  • trap for beaver
5 Definition

To leave suddenly, to flee.

6 Definition

To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.

7 Definition

To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

8 Definition

To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.

9 Definition

To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).