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#* '''1870''', [[w:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]], ''Running for Governor'',
#* '''1870''', [[w:Mark Twain|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)...
#: ...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)...
# {{slang|pejorative}} A [[transvestite]], a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman.
# {{slang|pejorative}} A [[transvestite]] or [[transsexual]], 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.''
#: ''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]].

Revision as of 20:44, 11 April 2010

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 betræppan "to trap") from Template:proto. 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.

  1. Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson.
  2. A kind of movable stepladder.
  3. Template:slang A persons' mouth.
    To ask a person not to reveal any information
    Keep your trap shut.
  4. (plural) belongings
    ...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 A transvestite or transsexual, 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.
  6. Template:computing An exception generated by the processor.
  7. Template:Australia A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
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