trap

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[edit] English

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Leghold trap

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Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-Germanic *trap-. Akin to Old High German trappa, trapa (“trap, snare”), Middle Dutch trappe (“trap, snare”), Middle Low German treppe (“step, stair”) (German Treppe "step, stair"), Old English treppan (“to step, tread”). Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". French trappe and Spanish trampa are ultimately borrowings from Germanic.

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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) Short for trapezius muscle in bodybuilding
  13. (slang, pejorative) An arguably convincing crossdresser, transvestite or transsexual, a person born with male genitalia that one engages in a relationship with, believing that person to have been born with female genitalia.
    I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.
  14. (computing) An exception generated by the processor.
  15. (Australian, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
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device designed to catch or kill animals
trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense
covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor
wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself
device used to hold and suddenly release an object
bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases
place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet
(historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs
kind of movable stepladder
slang: mouth
belongings
slang: transvestite
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[edit] Verb

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

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From Swedish trapp, from trappa ‘stair’.

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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 m. (plural trappen, diminutive trapje)

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

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trap

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

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