trap
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Is trap a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.Examples: "trap street"broadlycountableuncountable
2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.Examples: "And trust me you don't want to see a trap ether. I like my girls without a ding-a-ling."; "man says he isn't a fag when asking to masturbate with my body. positions himself as conqueror, calls my body trick, trap, tranny. man fucks witch embarrassed by his own release […]"; "“My son is a tranny.” “No, mother dear, I'm a Trap. There is a difference. You should have knocked before you came in.” 'Trap'? For all she knew about terms for cross-dressers he could have said he was a splurge monkey or yiff jumper and it would have meant the same. […] "Now I'm Poppy. I'm a boy who's androgynous enough to be confused as a girl[.]""countablederogatoryinformaloffensiveslanguncountableusually
3. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.Examples: "One way to spot a trap is to look for an adam's apple."; "Of course Kei would look like a young woman, that's how traps work!"; "I saw Episode 10 of the anime today. When it explains about the trap's problems in HS it was much clearer than the same section of the manga."countableinformalslanguncountable
4. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.countableuncountable
5. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.Examples: "There is likewise a cabin trap with five steps."; "I have to bear my burthen up four traps, or ladders, before I get to the main road which leads to the pit bottom."; "They have very generally received the name of trap-rocks, because they often present the appearance of traps or stairs."archaiccountableuncountable
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.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.Examples: "to trap foxes"; "As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time."transitive
2. (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.Examples: "Be careful not to trap your finger in the door."; "I trapp'd the foe."transitive
3. (transitive) To provide with a trap.Examples: "to trap a drain"; "to trap a sewer pipe"transitive
4. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.Examples: "trap for beaver"; "They trapped north along the river."intransitive
5. (aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.Examples: "After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz."Antonyms: bolterintransitiveslang
6. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.intransitive
noun (English)
1. (slang, bodybuilding, anatomy) The trapezius muscle.slang
noun (English)
1. (US, legislation) Acronym of targeted regulation of abortion providers.Examples: "In February, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand South Carolina's TRAP law, which imposes 27 pages of requirements on abortion clinics—providing a virtual blueprint for states that want to create constitutional clinic regulations."USabbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable
2. (employment law) Acronym of training-repayment-agreement provision.abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable
3. (medicine) Initialism of twin reversed arterial perfusion.abbreviationalt-ofinitialismuncountable
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Definition source: Wiktionary