Snare - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sner|
Brit.
|sneə|
noun
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares (syn: trap)
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose (syn: gin, noose)
it was all a snare and delusion
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose (syn: gin, noose)
verb
- catch in or as if in a trap (syn: ensnare, entrap, trammel, trap)
- entice and trap (syn: hook)
- entice and trap (syn: hook)
The car salesman had snared three potential customers
Extra examples
...you fell for my clever snare, you fool!...
A rabbit was caught in the snare.
I didn't want to fall into the same snare again.
She's hoping to snare a wealthy husband.
Foul befalls the man who ever lays a snare in my way!
The car salesman had snared three potential customers
Unfortunately, the nets also snare turtles.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: snare
he/she/it: snares
present participle: snaring
past tense: snared
past participle: snared
I/you/we/they: snare
he/she/it: snares
present participle: snaring
past tense: snared
past participle: snared
noun
singular: snare
plural: snares
singular: snare
plural: snares
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