All trap synonyms
trap
T t noun trap
- ko β a knockout in boxing.
- noose β a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ambushment β an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- bunker β A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
- inveiglement β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- entanglement β The action or fact of entangling or being entangled.
- nonsuccess β Absence of success; failure.
- quicksand β a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- fly in the ointment β Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
- mare's-nest β something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest.
- gill β a male given name.
- blinker β a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- gills β a male given name.
- blinkers β If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- enmeshment β The state of being enmeshed; entanglement.
- licking β a stroke of the tongue over something.
- booby-trap β A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- delta β A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.
- device β A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
- magnet β a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- mesh β any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
verb trap
- entangle β Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
- fence in β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- intertwist β the act of intertwisting or the condition of being intertwisted.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- glom β to steal.
- bag β A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- in-tern β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- blockaded β the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- coop β A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
- decoy β If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
- corked β (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- lay one's hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- bottle up β If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- glomming β to steal.
- enmesh β Cause to become entangled in something.
- hocuspocus β Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- close in β If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- hem in β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- muck up β a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- kinking β a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- frame β a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- ensnare β Catch in or as in a trap.