trap
noun
[ trap ]
• a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.
• "the squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps"
• a situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack.
• "we were fed false information by a double agent and walked straight into a trap"
• a container or device used to collect something, or a place where something collects.
• "one fuel filter and water trap are sufficient on the fuel system"
• a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony.
• a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at.
• short for trapdoor.
• a person's mouth (used in expressions to do with speaking).
• "keep your trap shut!"
Similar:
mouth,
jaws,
lips,
maw,
chops,
kisser,
yap,
gob,
cakehole,
mush,
puss,
bazoo,
bake,
• (among jazz musicians) drums or percussion instruments.
• "I played the traps a little myself once"
• a type of hip-hop music typically characterized by a dark tone and rhythms involving low-pitched kick drums and a very fast hi-hat.
• "the LP will feature his raps over a wide range of electronic sounds from dubstep to trap"
• a place where drugs are sold.
• "a trap full of dealers"
trap
verb
• catch (an animal) in a trap.
Similar:
confine,
catch,
cut off,
corner,
pin down,
drive into a corner,
pen,
hem in,
close in,
shut in,
hedge in,
imprison,
hold captive,
• trick or deceive (someone) into doing something contrary to their interests or intentions.
• "I hoped to trap him into an admission"
Similar:
trick,
dupe,
deceive,
cheat,
lure,
inveigle,
beguile,
fool,
hoodwink,
seduce,
cajole,
wheedle,
gull,
catch out,
trip up,
outwit,
outsmart,
cozen,
Origin:
Old English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English.
trap
verb
• put trappings on (a horse).
• "the horses were trapped with black velvet"
Origin:
late Middle English: from the obsolete noun trap ‘trappings’, from Old French drap ‘drape’.
trap
noun
• basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock.
Origin:
late 18th century: from Swedish trapp, from trappa ‘stair’ (because of the often stair-like appearance of its outcroppings).
