trap
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
Noun 4 meanings
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
“I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.”
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
“Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.”
An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
“They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.”
Verb 4 meanings
To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
“to trap foxes”
To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
“Be careful not to trap your finger in the door.”
To provide with a trap.
“to trap a drain”
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
“trap for beaver”
Etymology
From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Germanic *trapjaną (“to tread, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (“to step, trip, trample”).
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TRAP at a glance
TRAP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,051 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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