mousetrap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

mouse +‎ trap

[edit] Noun

mousetrap (plural mousetraps)

1. Device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
2. (computing) A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
3. (Business studies) Hypothetical product used in economic projections.

   But what happens if they build a better mousetrap?

4. (chiefly British) Ordinary, everyday cheese

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to mousetrap (third-person singular simple present mousetraps, present participle mousetrapping, simple past and past participle mousetrapped)

1. (figuratively) To trap.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aemoprstu
• superatom