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Definition of Trap

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

2. Verb. Place in a confining or embarrassing position. "He was trapped in a difficult situation"

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

4. Verb. Catch in or as if in a trap. "They trap the animals"; "The men trap foxes"

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

6. Verb. Hold or catch as if in a trap. "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"

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

8. Verb. To hold fast or prevent from moving. "The fighter managed to trap his opponent"; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

9. Noun. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

10. Noun. Informal terms for the mouth.

11. Noun. A light two-wheeled carriage.

12. Noun. A hazard on a golf course.

Definition of Trap

1. v. t. To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

2. n. 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.

3. a. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

4. n. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

5. v. t. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

6. v. i. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

Definition of Trap

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense. ¹

3. Noun. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. ¹

4. Noun. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself. ¹

5. Noun. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object. ¹

6. Noun. 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. ¹

7. Noun. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. ¹

8. Noun. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs. ¹

9. Noun. A kind of movable stepladder. ¹

10. Noun. (slang) A person's mouth. ¹

11. Noun. (context: plural) belongings ¹

12. Noun. (slang) Short for trapezius muscle in bodybuilding ¹

13. Noun. (slang pejorative) An arguably convincing crossdresser, transvestite or transsexual, a person born with male genitalia that one engages in a relationship with, believing that person to have been born with female genitalia. ¹

14. Noun. (computing) An exception generated by the processor. ¹

15. Noun. (Australia slang historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush. ¹

16. Verb. (transitive) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. ¹

17. Verb. (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. ¹

18. Verb. (transitive) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. ¹

19. Verb. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. ¹

20. Verb. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee. ¹

21. Verb. (computing) (intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it. ¹

22. Noun. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trap

1. to catch in a trap (a device for capturing and holding animals) [v TRAPPED or TRAPT, TRAPPING, TRAPS]

Medical Definition of Trap

1. An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-coloured, 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. Origin: 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. 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. 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. 8. A kind of movable stepladder. Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor. Trap tree the jack; so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trap

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