trap

[ US /ˈtɹæp/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈæp/ ]

NOUN

a light two-wheeled carriage
informal terms for the mouth
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
the exam was full of trap questions
it was all a snare and delusion
a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
a hazard on a golf course
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

VERB

place in a confining or embarrassing position
He was trapped in a difficult situation
catch in or as if in a trap
The men trap foxes
to hold fast or prevent from moving
The child was pinned under the fallen tree
hold or catch as if in a trap
The gaps between the teeth trap food particles

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How To Use trap In A Sentence

You think Spielberg would only have a rattletrap third-rate spaceship like the Millennium Falcon to ensure his survival? Does George Lucas think the world will end in 2012?
Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
She is an enigma wrapped in a riddle trapped in a really bad haircut. Times, Sunday Times
I just wanted to make a few comments about the sand trap that I'll call perspectival relativism.
Through her suit, Suzie Nova felt the diamantine exterior of the alien contraption throb faintly below her feet, alive with incomprehensible energies that course through it like blood through arteries.
With no warning signs on either side and under poor lighting, the road is a death trap for motorists.
He was a strapping lad with broad shoulders and quite tall.
The pilot straps himself to this bulky rig in a standing position, controlling it with joysticks during vertical takeoff and landing - or VTOL, as we say in the hover biz.
Reconditioned radiator or cooling system refilling ( possibly under filled or air trapped in system ).
He buckled them into place with a strap that dented my forehead, and gave me a wire to bite. Times, Sunday Times