Trap Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Trap? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, Related sentences, Example sentences, Words ending with Trap, Synonyms, Antonyms, How to pronounce? Words starting with Trap and more...
Word: Trap
How to pronounce: træp
Noun
Definitions:
1. 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.
Example sentences: "The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps"
2. A situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack.
Example sentences: "We were fed false information by a double agent and walked straight into a trap"
3. A container or device used to collect a specified thing.
Example sentences: "One fuel filter and water trap are sufficient on the fuel system"
4. A light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony.
Example sentences: "From his window he could see the Pyramids, but all he wanted to see was a photograph of Tommy, the pony which pulled the trap for the two of them on their last ride together."
5. A device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at.
Example sentences: "We had to load the clay pigeons into the traps."
6. Short for trapdoor
7. A person's mouth (used in expressions to do with speaking)
8. (among jazz musicians) drums or percussion instruments.
9. 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.
Example sentences: "The LP will feature his raps over a wide range of electronic sounds from dubstep to trap"
10. A place where drugs are sold.
11. An act of trapping the ball.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Catch (an animal) in a trap.
Example sentences: "Once he dreamed he was trying to trap foxes but kept catching Dalmatians."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Put trappings on (a horse)
Example sentences: "The horses were trapped with black velvet"
Noun
Definitions:
1. Basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock.
Synonyms:
siphon
snag
steam trap
mantrap
deadfalls
hook
snare
pitfall
noose
mousetrap
mouse trap
traps
deadfall
steel trap
grab
capture
seize
get
snatch
lie in wait
lure
entrap
ensnare
net
mesh
mouth
hole
decoy
ambush
ambuscade
quagmire
Derivations:
trapping
trapped
trappy
trapper
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Trap in Other Languages...
Spanish: Trampa
German: Falle
French: Piège
Italian: Trappola
Turkish: Tuzak