Trap - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares (syn: snare)
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise (syn: ambuscade, ambush)
- informal terms for the mouth (syn: gob, hole, maw, yap)
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a hazard on a golf course (syn: bunker)
verb
Extra examples
You needn't come any of your moral traps on me.
It's no longer possible to trap a sensible man into marriage.
These mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean.
The only way to catch mice is to set a trap.
He stepped into a bear trap covered in snow.
Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories.
Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match.
Amanda felt that marriage was a trap.
Twenty miners were trapped underground.
Dozens of people were trapped in the rubble when the building collapsed.
There's no way out! We're trapped!
Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.
The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock.
I was trapped into signing a confession.
Mind you don't trap your fingers in the door.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: trap
he/she/it: traps
present participle: trapping
past tense: trapped
past participle: trapped
singular: trap
plural: traps
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