trap

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Downside: back wall of office was next to the trap wires.

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Quick take

a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trap gathered in one view.

noun

a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

noun

drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

noun

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trap.

noun

a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

noun

drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

noun

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"

noun

a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

noun

the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

noun

informal terms for the mouth

noun

a light two-wheeled carriage

noun

a hazard on a golf course

verb

place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"

verb

catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

See also: entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

verb

hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"

verb

to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

Example sentences

Downside: back wall of office was next to the trap wires.

Oracle has stepped into a bear-trap in this case and is trying to extricate itself.

Until you've had a parent who shames you for doing better than they did, you'll never understand the trap.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

I think this article fell into the same trap that many other similar articles fell into.

\nIt was a web trap based on the assumption that readers are, in some way, basically evil..\nNow I have seen this message before.

We shouldn't fall into the trap of overemphasizing single data points.

One problem is that interviewers fall into the trap of thinking these problems are too simple and make the problems increasingly harder.

Their world view traps them right where they are and their rejection, resentment, and hostility to a better way of life creates their poverty and isolation.

It can be fascinating and beautiful and it can send you mad. Fall into the trap of believing that poker is a worthwhile pursuit of itself and you end up in the trap - living out of your car or on the crappy end of the Vegas strip, some weeks a millionaire, some weeks a bankrupt.

* First ship: Flight of the Intruder style aluminum desk/dresser/bookcase measuring 24" wide, aligned athwartships, so every roll of that frigate dumped my work all over until I hacked some retaining straps in.

"Note that the initial court order although appearing to target the specific user demanded explicitly that Lavabit "shall furnish agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, forthwith, all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation and use of the pen/trap device.

This mechanism put together gives you: if x < 4 { goto b } else { x = x - 4 ; goto a } also known as "subtract and branch if less than or equal to zero", also known as "an instruction adequate to construct a one-instruction computer".The virtual machine "runs" by generating an unending series of traps: in the "goto a" case, the result of translation is another address generating a trap.