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Uncommontrap
The correct spelling is trap.
How to pronounce trap
/tɹæp/
nounIPA: /tɹæp/
Say it like: Tra-p
The correct spelling is trap. 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. For example: "I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem."
Usage Examples
“I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.”
“Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.”
“Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 2.A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- 3.A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- 4.A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- 5.A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
verb
- 1.To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- 2.To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- 3.To provide with a trap.
- 4.To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
- 5.To leave suddenly, to flee.
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