trap

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
• a hazard on a golf course
• informal terms for the mouth
• catch in or as if in a trap
• to hold fast or prevent from moving
• place in a confining or embarrassing position
• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
• a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
• a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
• a light two-wheeled carriage
• hold or catch as if in a trap
• To dress with ornaments
• An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock
• A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals
• Fig.: A snare
• A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at
• The game of trapball
• A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids
• A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet
• A wagon, or other vehicle
• A kind of movable stepladder
• To catch in a trap or traps
• Fig.: To insnare
• To provide with a trap
• To set traps for game
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Bulgaria in Sofiya
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Indonesia in Aceh
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Cambodia in Kampong Cham
• Residential area (city, town, village) in The North Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in Topolcani
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Pakistan in Punjab
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Carolina

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