TRAP
- device for catching animals
- scheme for catching a person unawares
- U-shaped section in a pipe to prevent the escape of air or gases
- to catch in a trap
- to catch in a snare [v TRAPT or TRAPPED, TRAPPING, TRAPS]
- to trap animals for their fur
- a device for taking game or other animals
- position or situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
- football play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then is blocked from the side while the ballcarrier advances through the spot vacated by the defensive player
- device for drains or sewers consisting of a bend or partitioned chamber in which the liquid forms a seal to prevent the passage of sewer gas
- group of percussion instruments (as a bass drum, snare drums, and cymbals) used especially in a dance or jazz band
- to catch in a trap (a device for capturing and holding animals) [v TRAPPED, TRAPPING, TRAPS, TRAPT]
- defensive maneuver in basketball in which two defenders converge quickly on the ball handler to steal the ball or force a bad pass
- device for hurling clay pigeons into the air
- piece of leather or section of interwoven leather straps between the thumb and index finger of a baseball glove that forms an extension of the pocket
- light usually one-horse carriage with springs
- arrangement of rock strata that favors the accumulation of oil and gas
- measured stretch of a course over which electronic timing devices measure the speed of a vehicle (as a racing car or dragster)
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