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

Noun
a hazard on a golf course

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

Noun
a light two-wheeled carriage

Noun
a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

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

Noun
informal terms for the mouth

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

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

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

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

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

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v. t.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

n.
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.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

n.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

n.
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.

n.
The game of trapball.

n.
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.

n.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

n.
A wagon, or other vehicle.

n.
A kind of movable stepladder.

v. t.
To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

v. t.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

v. t.
To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.

v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

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Trap

Trap , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapping.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.

To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.

There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold.

Trap

Trap, n. [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe, G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp.] (Geol.) 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. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.

Trap

Trap, a. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

Trap

Trap, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD.trappe, OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.] 1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap.

2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

Let their table be made a snare and a trap.

God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me!

3. 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. 4. The game of trapball. 5. 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. 6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. 7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] Thackeray. 8. A kind of movable stepladder. Knight. Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor. -- Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack.

Trap

Trap , v. t. [AS. treppan. See Trap a snare.] 1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. 2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe." Dryden. 3. To provide with a trap; to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.

Trap

Trap, v. i. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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.

Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.