Trap definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRAP, n. 1. An engine that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as a trap for foxes. A trap is a very different thing from a snare; though the ... word may be used in a figurative sense for a trap. 2. An engine for catching men. [Not used in the ... unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. Romans 11. 4. A play in which a ball ...
booby trap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an explosive ... or driven over [syn: land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trap] 2: an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty [syn: pitfall, booby trap] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1850 1. a trap for the unwary or unsuspecting ; pitfall 2. a concealed explosive ... go off when some harmless-looking object is touched • booby-trap transitive verb U.S. Military Dictionary (*) An explosive or nonexplosive ... seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath ...
Trap stairs definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trap Trap, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe, OHG ... 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. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any ... unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom. xi. 9. God and your majesty Protect mine ...
Trap tree definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trap Trap, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe, OHG ... 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. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any ... unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom. xi. 9. God and your majesty Protect mine ...
Trap tuff definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made ...
Trap tufa definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made ...
trap rock definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made ...
steel trap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an acute ... of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap" 2: a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike ... grinding surfaces. (c) A mill where steel is manufactured. Steel trap, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists of two iron ...
booby-trap definitions Merriam Webster's transitive verb see booby trap Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also booby trap(booby-traps, booby-trapping, booby-trapped) 1. A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or ... N n 2. If something is booby-trapped, a booby-trap is placed in it or on it. ...fears that the ...
Gas trap definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gas fitter, one who lays ... other purposes, heated by gas. Gas tar, coal tar. Gas trap, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th Trap, 5. Gas washer (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas ...
Trap shooting definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trap shooting Trap shooting (Sport) Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.
Trap shooter definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trap shooting Trap shooting (Sport) Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.
... attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: trap, snare] 2: a small drum with two heads and a ... a rattling sound when the drum is hit 5: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose ... noose] v 1: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel] 2: entice and trap; "The ...
sand trap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap, trap] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1922 an artificial hazard on ...