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Definition of Mousetrap
1. Noun. A trap for catching mice.
2. Noun. (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated.
Category relationships: American Football, American Football Game
Generic synonyms: Maneuver, Manoeuvre, Play
Definition of Mousetrap
1. Noun. Device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers. ¹
3. Noun. (context: business studies) With attribute "better", a hypothetical new or improved product used in economic projections. ¹
4. Noun. (chiefly British) Ordinary, everyday cheese ¹
5. Noun. (NZ) A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved. ¹
6. Verb. (figuratively) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mousetrap
1. [v -TRAPPED, -TRAPPING, -TRAPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousetrap
Literary usage of Mousetrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jolly Book of Playcraft by Patten Beard (1916)
"THE GAME OF mousetrap Material Required to Make the Game of mousetrap: half ...
Tools Needed to Construct the Game of mousetrap: crayons, ruler, scissors. ..."
2. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"... and that gives to his pictures a distinct nuance. The one studied pictures
and books, the other only the " book REYNOLDS. THE GIRL WITH THE mousetrap. ..."
3. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Ladders not needed. — How to feed pigeons economically.—Rats and mice in the
garden.—The poison- bowl and its safety.—Sunken mousetrap.—Gates and chains. ..."
4. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1898)
"... x, 249—51 ; the game of mousetrap, x, 256—8 ; Sylvester's work in, xm, 47 ; (see
al»o Partitions). Commutants : the term, i, 584, n, ..."
5. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"... MARRIAGE; OR THE mousetrap. MARRIED life has been a subject which from time
immemorial has furnished Poets, Dramatists, and all writers of fiction, ..."
6. The Jolly Book of Playcraft by Patten Beard (1916)
"THE GAME OF mousetrap Material Required to Make the Game of mousetrap: half ...
Tools Needed to Construct the Game of mousetrap: crayons, ruler, scissors. ..."
7. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"... and that gives to his pictures a distinct nuance. The one studied pictures
and books, the other only the " book REYNOLDS. THE GIRL WITH THE mousetrap. ..."
8. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Ladders not needed. — How to feed pigeons economically.—Rats and mice in the
garden.—The poison- bowl and its safety.—Sunken mousetrap.—Gates and chains. ..."
9. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1898)
"... x, 249—51 ; the game of mousetrap, x, 256—8 ; Sylvester's work in, xm, 47 ; (see
al»o Partitions). Commutants : the term, i, 584, n, ..."
10. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"... MARRIAGE; OR THE mousetrap. MARRIED life has been a subject which from time
immemorial has furnished Poets, Dramatists, and all writers of fiction, ..."
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