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1.nounA 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.nounA 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.nounA covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor."Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck."
4.nounA kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
5.nounA wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
6.nounThe game of trapball itself.
7.nounAny device used to hold and suddenly release an object."They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap."
8.nounA bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
9.nounA place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
10.nounA light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
11.nounA person's mouth."Keep your trap shut."
12.noun(in the plural) Belongings.
13.nounA cubicle (in a public toilet)."I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you."
14.nounTrapshooting.
15.nounA geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
16.nounAn exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
17.nounA mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
18.nounA vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
19.nounA fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
20.nounA trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
21.nounA genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
22.nounThe money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
23.verbTo physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap."to trap foxes"
24.verbTo ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
25.verbTo provide with a trap."to trap a drain"
26.verbTo set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game"trap for beaver"
27.verbTo leave suddenly, to flee.
28.verbTo sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
29.verbTo capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
30.verbTo attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.