Trap

Quick meaning: Trap is a noun meaning A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

Meaning

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

More Meanings

1. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
2. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
4. 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.
5. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
6. (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
7. (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.

Example Sentences

They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.

Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.

I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.

God and your majesty / Protect mine innocence, or I fall into / The trap is laid for me!

Word Forms

• traps
• trapping
• trapped

Synonyms for trap

Depending on context, synonyms include snare, fang, vagina, hole, ambuscade, ensnare.

Antonyms for trap

Common opposites include bolter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snare, entrap, ensnare, trammel, pin, hole.

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