Traps

/tɹæps/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters

Definition of Traps

noun

  1. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.

    "I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem."

  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

    "Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny."

  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

    "Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck."

  4. A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
  5. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball

verb

  1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

    "to trap foxes"

  2. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. To provide with a trap.

    "to trap a drain"

  4. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game

    "trap for beaver"

  5. To leave suddenly, to flee.

Anagrams of Traps

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SYNONYMS

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