Trap

  • 51trap — Noun. 1. The mouth. E.g. Shut your trap you noisy bugger. 2. A toilet cubicle, when in a public lavatory. Often numbered, such as trap one, trap two etc, depending where in the order they are …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 52trap — I n 1. pitfall, deadfall; snare, gin, net; mine, booby trap, man trap. 2. device, ploy, artifice, stratagem, wile, subterfuge, ruse, trick, Archaic. trepan; lure, decoy, bait, hook, Sl. come on; ambush, ambuscade, Obs. ambuscado. 3.Slang. mouth,… …

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  • 53trap — 1. noun 1) an animal caught in a trap Syn: snare, net, mesh, gin; N.Amer. deadfall 2) the question was set as a trap Syn: trick, ploy, ruse, deception, subterfuge; informal set up 2. ve …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 54trap — A device, as a pitfall, snare, or machine that shuts suddenly as with a spring, for taking game and other animals. Hence, any device or contrivance by which one may be caught unawares, strategem; snare; gin. It imports an affirmative intent or… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55trap — To catch and take game by the use of a trap. 35 Am J2d Fish § 6. Noun: A hidden danger on premises, the peril of which would be avoidable if the existence of the thing were known. O Shea v Lavoy, 175 Wis 456. 185 NW 525, 20 AL.R 1008. Any very… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56trap — [OE] The precise origins of trap are obscure. It goes back to an Old English træppe, and it has various relatives in the modern Germanic and Romance languages – Flemish trape, French trappe, Portuguese trapa, for instance – but its ultimate… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57trap — m IV, D. u, Ms. trappie; lm M. y 1. «ruchome schody, pomost, kładka na statku służące do komunikacji między pokładami, między statkiem a nabrzeżem lub innymi statkami» Spuścić trap. Ściągnąć trap. 2. sport. «jedna z dwóch konkurencji w strzelaniu …

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  • 58trap — 1. An opening. 2. Mouth. 1. Could you shut the trap? It s getting cold here. 2. Shut your trap. I don t want to hear another word from you …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 59trap — 1. An opening. 2. Mouth. 1. Could you shut the trap? It s getting cold here. 2. Shut your trap. I don t want to hear another word from you …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 60trap — I. n. 1. Snare, gin, pitfall, springe, toil. 2. Ambush, stratagem, artifice, pitfall, trapan, toil, wile. 3. Trap ball. 4. Trap rock. II. v. a. 1. Ensnare, entrap, springe, noose. 2. Trapan, ensnare, take by s …

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