trap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /træp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æp

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English træppe (in coletræppe), treppe, of uncertain ultimate origin. Cognate with French trappe, Spanish trampa.

[edit] 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.
8. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

   Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson.

9. A kind of movable stepladder.
10. (slang) A persons' mouth.

    To ask a person not to reveal any information

    Keep your trap shut.

11. (plural) belongings
    • 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)...

12. (slang, pejorative) A transvestite, a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman.

    I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.

13. (computing) An exception generated by the processor.

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• snare

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[edit] Verb

to trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)

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

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[edit] Related terms

• entrap
• entrapment

[edit] Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Swedish trapp, from trappa ‘stair’.

[edit] Noun

trap (uncountable)

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

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trap (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

[edit] Anagrams

• part
• prat
• rapt
• tarp

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

trap m. (plural trappen, diminutive trapje, diminutive plural trapjes)

1. stair, staircase
2. kick
3. bustard
4. degree

[edit] Derived terms

• vergelijkende trap (4)
• overtreffende trap (4)
• stellende trap (4)

[edit] Verb

trap

1. The first-person singular present of trappen.
2. The imperative of trappen.