"trap" Definition

Definitions for the word "trap" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 device, often baited, for catching animals. 2 trick betraying a person into speech or an act. 3 arrangement to catch an unsuspecting person. 4 device for hurling an object, e.g. A clay pigeon, into the air to be shot at. 5 compartment from which a greyhound is released at the start of a race. 6 device that sends a ball into the air. 7 curve in a downpipe etc. That fills with liquid and forms a seal against the return of gases. 8 two-wheeled carriage (pony and trap). 9 = *trapdoor. 10 slang mouth (esp. Shut one''s trap). v. (-pp-) 1 catch (an animal) in a trap. 2 catch or catch out (a person) by means of a trick etc. 3 stop and retain in or as in a trap. 4 provide (a place) with traps. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. n.
(in full trap-rock) dark-coloured igneous rock. [swedish]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. slang
a “fast” term for a carriage of any kind. TRAPS, goods and chattels of any kind, but especially luggage and personal effects; in Australia, “swag.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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