ALL meanings of air-trap
A·ïr-trap
A a - noun air-trap a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly. 1
- noun air-trap any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares. 1
- noun air-trap any of various devices for removing undesirable substances from a moving fluid, vapor, etc., as water from steam or cinders from coal gas. 1
- noun air-trap Also called air trap. an arrangement in a pipe, as a double curve or a U -shaped section, in which liquid remains and forms a seal for preventing the passage or escape of air or of gases through the pipe from behind or below. 1
- noun air-trap traps, the percussion instruments of a jazz or dance band. 1
- noun air-trap Trapshooting, Skeet. a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air. 1
- noun air-trap the piece of wood, shaped somewhat like a shoe hollowed at the heel, and moving on a pivot, used in playing the game of trapball. 1
- noun air-trap the game of trapball. 1
- noun air-trap trapdoor. 1
- noun air-trap Sports. an act or instance of trapping a ball. 1
- noun air-trap Also called mousetrap, trap play. Football. a play in which a defensive player, usually a guard or tackle, is allowed by the team on offense to cross the line of scrimmage into the backfield and is then blocked out from the side, thereby letting the ball-carrier run through the opening in the line. 1
- noun air-trap Slang. mouth: Keep your trap shut. 1
- noun air-trap Chiefly British. a carriage, especially a light, two-wheeled one. 1
- verb with object air-trap to catch in a trap; ensnare: to trap foxes. 1
- verb with object air-trap to catch by stratagem, artifice, or trickery. 1
- verb with object air-trap to furnish or set with traps. 1
- verb with object air-trap to provide (a drain or the like) with a trap. 1
- verb with object air-trap to stop and hold by a trap, as air in a pipe. 1
- verb with object air-trap Sports. to catch (a ball) as it rises after having just hit the ground. 1
- verb with object air-trap Football. to execute a trap against (a defensive player). 1
- verb without object air-trap to set traps for game: He was busy trapping. 1
- verb without object air-trap to engage in the business of trapping animals for their furs. 1
- verb without object air-trap Trapshooting, Skeet. to work the trap. 1