trap

Noun

Leghold trap

A trap is a machine or other device made to catch and sometimes kill animals.
He uses traps to deal with his mice problem.
A trap is a trick made to catch someone more generally.
She fell into the trap of misspelling "misspelling."
A trap is the cover over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
Close the trap before someone falls
A trap is any device used to hold and suddenly let go of an object.
They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
A trap is a device in a pipe set up to hold and seal liquids and stops gases and lets liquids flow.
A trap is a place in a water pipe or pump where air gathers.
(history) A trap is a light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson.
A trap is a kind of ladder.
(slang) A trap is a person's mouth.
Keep your trap shut.
(slang) (vulgar) A trap is a transvestite, or a man who dresses as a woman, who goes with a man pretend to be a woman.
I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.
(computing) A trap is exception made by the processor.
(Australia) (slang) (history) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
Trap is dark colored rock.
(uncountable) Trap is a type of music.

Plain form
trap

Third-person singular
traps

Past tense
trapped

Past participle
trapped

Present participle
trapping

(transitive) To trap something is to catch in a trap.
(transitive) To trap something is to ensnare it.
(transitive) To trap is to provide something with a trap.
(intransitive) To trap id to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.
(intransitive) To trap is to leave suddenly or flee.
(intransitive) (computing) To trap is to capture something such as a mistake so someone can fix it.