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trap
Found in thesaurus: drainpipe, waste pipe, plan, surprise attack, oral fissure, mouth, carriage, equipage, confine, catch, take hold
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trap
v.
capture, contain, snare
n.
device used for capturing; device used for containing; snare; action which can capture; plumbing arrangement for maintaining a fluid barrier to prevent the passage of sewage gases; (Slang) mouth
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Trap
Trap or Traps may refer to:
- Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales
- Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian association football coach and former player also known as sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap"
- Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
- TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
- a pejorative term for a person who passes so well as female that they could be chosen as partner despite having unexpected (male-typical) genitalia, implying deceitful intention on the part of the person
- Slang for crack house
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trap
Noun
1. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) flytrap
(part-meronym) bait, decoy, lure
(derivation) entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
2. drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
(hypernym) drain, drainpipe, waste pipe
3. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
(synonym) snare
(hypernym) design, plan
(hyponym) iron trap
4. a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
(hypernym) mechanical device
5. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
(synonym) ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait
(hypernym) surprise attack, coup de main
(hyponym) dry-gulching
6. informal terms for the mouth
(synonym) cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob
(hypernym) mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
7. a light two-wheeled carriage
(hypernym) carriage, equipage, rig
8. a hazard on a golf course
(synonym) bunker, sand trap
(hypernym) hazard
(part-holonym) golf course, golf links, links
Verb
1. place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
(hypernym) confine, detain
(derivation) snare
2. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
(synonym) entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(hypernym) capture, catch
(hyponym) gin
(classification) hunt, hunting
3. hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
(hypernym) hold, take hold
4. to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
(synonym) pin, immobilize, immobilise
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trap (de)
n.
stair, stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs, stepladder, kick, degree, grade, pitch, remove, pile driver
trappen
v.
kick, boot, step, tread, pedal
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trap
v.
uvěznit; zachytit; polapit; chytit; chytit do pasti; donutit koho lstí (k čemu); chyceni (jako) do pasti
n.
past; léčka
