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- pronunciation:
- traep
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a device for catching, holding, and often killing wild animals and game, rodents, or the like.
- synonyms:
- snare
- similar words:
- bait, booby trap, deadfall, lure, mousetrap, net, pit, pitfall, tripwire
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| definition 2: |
a trick or deception used to catch or expose someone by surprise.
- synonyms:
- booby trap, mousetrap, stratagem, trick, wile
- similar words:
- ambush, artifice, come-on, deception, decoy, device, lure, machination, net, ploy, ruse, snare, subterfuge, toil
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| definition 3: |
any of various receptacles for removing unwanted substances from a flow, as of water, or for preventing the escape of gases, as in a drain pipe.
- similar words:
- catch, filter, strainer
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| definition 4: |
(pl.) the percussion instruments in a band or orchestra; drum set.
- similar words:
- drums, percussion
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| definition 5: |
a sand-filled depression providing an obstacle on a golf course; sand trap.
- similar words:
- pit
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| definition 6: |
a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air for trapshooting.
- similar words:
- catapult, slingshot
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| definition 7: |
(slang) one's mouth.
Shut your trap!- synonyms:
- mouth, yap
- similar words:
- jaw
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| definition 8: |
a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled usually by a single horse.
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| related words: |
hazard, joker, mesh, mire, trick |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
traps, trapping, trapped |
| definition 1: |
to catch in a trap.
- synonyms:
- catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, take
- similar words:
- bag, capture, enmesh, net, snag
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| definition 2: |
to catch by deceit or trickery.
- synonyms:
- ensnare, entrap, mousetrap
- similar words:
- ambush, bushwhack, catch, decoy, enmesh, entangle, inveigle, snare, take, trick, trip
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| definition 3: |
in sports, to catch (a ball) just after it has bounced, by smothering it against the ground.
- similar words:
- catch, ground, stop
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| definition 4: |
to prevent from escaping.
These walls trap heat. |
| related words: |
bottleneck, mesh, waylay, web |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to engage in the trapping of animals for their pelts.
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| derivation: |
traplike (adj.) |
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