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- [trap]
- /træp/
- /træp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trap]
- /træp/
Definitions of trapped word
- noun trapped traps, Informal. personal belongings; baggage. 1
- verb with object trapped to furnish with or as with trappings; caparison. 1
- verb without object trapped to set traps for game: He was busy trapping. 1
- verb without object trapped to engage in the business of trapping animals for their furs. 1
- verb without object trapped Trapshooting, Skeet. to work the trap. 1
- adjective trapped If you feel trapped, you are in an unpleasant situation in which you lack freedom, and you feel you cannot escape from it. 0
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Origin of trapped
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English trappe (noun), trappen (v.), Old English træppe (noun), cognate with Middle Dutch trappe (Dutch trap) trap, step, staircase; akin to Old English treppan to tread, German Treppe staircase
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Parts of speech for Trapped
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trapped popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trapped usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trapped
verb trapped
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
- ensnarled — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnarl.
- entrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of entrap.
adjective trapped
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- caged — A caged bird or animal is inside a cage.
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- constricted — narrowed
noun trapped
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- noosed — Simple past tense and past participle of noose.
Top questions with trapped
- how to get rid of trapped gas?
- how to make a trapped chest?
- how long were the chilean miners trapped?
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