ALL meanings of mousetrap
mouse·trap
M m - noun mousetrap a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted. 1
- noun mousetrap a device, machine, or the like whose structure or function suggests a trap for mice. 1
- noun mousetrap a device, system, or stratagem for detecting and catching someone in an unauthorized or illegal act. 1
- noun mousetrap Football. trap1 (def 11). 1
- verb with object mousetrap Informal. to trap or snare: traffic cops mousetrapping drunken drivers. to manipulate by devious or clever means; trick or outwit: to mousetrap the witness into a contradiction. 1
- verb with object mousetrap Football. trap1 (def 20). 1
- idioms mousetrap build a better mousetrap, to make or offer a superior product. 1
- noun mousetrap device for catching mice 1
- noun mousetrap A trap for catching and usually killing mice, especially one with a spring bar that snaps down onto the mouse when it touches a piece of cheese or other bait attached to the mechanism. 1
- countable noun mousetrap A mousetrap is a small device that catches or kills mice. 0
- noun mousetrap any trap for catching mice, esp one with a spring-loaded metal bar that is released by the taking of the bait 0
- noun mousetrap cheese of indifferent quality 0
- noun mousetrap a trap for catching mice 0
- verb transitive mousetrap to trick or ensnare by means of a feint or stratagem 0