Rat-trap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rat-trap is an adjective meaning That shuts forcibly or holds tight, like a rat trap.
Meaning
That shuts forcibly or holds tight, like a rat trap.
More Meanings
- Of the mouth, resembling a rat trap; large and ugly.
Example Sentences
Everyone says he's got a rat trap mind.
He smiled, his wide rat-trap mouth splitting to show bad teeth.
But above, perched each upon its own stone, tall, gray, and withered, more like dead and dried specimens than actual living creatures, sat the horrible males, absolutely motionless save for the rolling of their red eyes or an occasional snap of their rat-trap beaks as a dragon-fly went past them.
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