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# {{slang}} Short for [[trapezius]] muscle in [[bodybuilding]]
# {{slang}} Short for [[trapezius]] muscle in [[bodybuilding]]
# {{sports}} Short for [[trapshooting]].
# {{sports}} Short for [[trapshooting]].
# {{slang|pejorative}} A female [[crossdresser]], [[transvestite]] or [[transsexual]].
#: ''I saw your brother asking a '''trap''' out last night at the bar.''
# {{computing}} An [[exception]] generated by the [[processor]].
# {{computing}} An [[exception]] generated by the [[processor]].
# {{Australia|slang|historical}} A mining [[license]] [[inspector]] during the Australian [[gold rush]].
# {{Australia|slang|historical}} A mining [[license]] [[inspector]] during the Australian [[gold rush]].
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Revision as of 19:58, 2 December 2012

English

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Leghold trap

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) trappe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) træppe, treppe (also in (deprecated template usage) betræppan) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons. Akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) trappa, trapa, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) trappe, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German (deprecated template usage) treppe ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Treppe "step, stair"), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) treppan. Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French trappe and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish trampa are ultimately borrowings from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL..

Noun

trap (plural traps)

  1. 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.
  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.
    Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
    Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
  4. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.
  5. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
    They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
  6. 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.
  7. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
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A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

  2. (Can we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#trap - stepladder|verify]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Btrap%23rfv-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7ctrap%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A kind of movable stepladder.
  3. Template:slang A person's mouth.
    Keep your trap shut.
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    • 1870, Mark Twain, Running for Governor,
      ...his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. Twain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in)...
  5. Template:slang Short for trapezius muscle in bodybuilding
  6. Template:sports Short for trapshooting.
  7. Template:slang A female crossdresser, transvestite or transsexual.
    I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.
  8. Template:computing An exception generated by the processor.
  9. Template:Australia A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
    • 1996, Judith Kapferer, Being All Equal: Identity, Difference and Australian Cultural Practice, page 84,
      The miners′ grievances centred on the issue of the compulsory purchase of miners′ licences and the harassment of raids by the licensing police, the ‘traps,’ in search of unlicensed miners.
    • 2006, Helen Calvert, Jenny Herbst, Ross Smith, Australia and the World: Thinking Historically, page 55,
      Diggers were angered by frequent licence inspections and harassment by ‘the traps’ (the goldfield police).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms

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Translations
trapezius — see trapezius
trap shooting — see trapshooting
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Verb

trap (third-person singular simple present trapp, present participle ing, simple past and past participle trapped)

  1. Template:transitive To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
  2. Template:transitive To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. Template:transitive To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.
  4. Template:intransitive To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
  5. Template:intransitive To leave suddenly, to flee.
  6. Template:computing Template:intransitive To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
Translations
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Related terms

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) trapp, from (deprecated template usage) trappa.

Noun

trap (uncountable)

  1. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) trappe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, Template:recons.

Noun

trap m (plural trappen, diminutive trapje n)

  1. stairs, staircase
  2. ladder
  3. degree, grade
  4. kick (act of kicking)
Derived terms
Descendants

Verb

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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Trappe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish (deprecated template usage) drop or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech (deprecated template usage) drop.

Noun

trap f (plural trappen, diminutive trapje n)

  1. bustard

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Pronunciation

Noun

trap

  1. trapshooting, trap (type of shooting sport)

Declension

Pronunciation /ˈt̪rɑp/:

Declension of trap (type risti)
singular plural
nominative trap trapit
genitive trapin trappien
partitive trappia trappeja
accusative trap
trapin 		trapit
inessive trapissa trapeissa
elative trapista trapeista
illative trappiin trappeihin
adessive trapilla trapeilla
ablative trapilta trapeilta
allative trapille trapeille
essive trappina trappeina
translative trapiksi trapeiksi
abessive trapitta trapeitta
instructive – trapein
comitative – trappeineen

Pronunciation /ˈt̪ræp/:

Declension of trap (type risti)
singular plural
nominative trap trapit
genitive trapin trappien
partitive trappiä trappejä
accusative trap
trapin 		trapit
inessive trapissä trapeissä
elative trapistä trapeistä
illative trappiin trappeihin
adessive trapillä trapeillä
ablative trapiltä trapeiltä
allative trapille trapeille
essive trappinä trappeinä
translative trapiksi trapeiksi
abessive trapittä trapeittä
instructive – trapein
comitative – trappeineen

See also

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