Trap - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |træp|  American pronunciation of the word trap
Brit.  |træp|  British pronunciation of the word trap

noun

- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- 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 exam was full of trap questions
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- 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

- place in a confining or embarrassing position
He was trapped in a difficult situation
- catch in or as if in a trap (syn: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel)
The men trap foxes
- hold or catch as if in a trap
The gaps between the teeth trap food particles
- to hold fast or prevent from moving (syn: immobilize, pin)

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

verb
I/you/we/they: trap
he/she/it: traps
present participle: trapping
past tense: trapped
past participle: trapped
noun
singular: trap
plural: traps
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