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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.; trap street"
3.NounA (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services."trap street"
4.NounSomeone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
5.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, josou.
6.NounAn exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
7.NounAny device used to hold and suddenly release an object."They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.; Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck."
8.NounA covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor."Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck."
9.NounA kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
10.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.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
11.NounA place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
12.NounA geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
13.NounA wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
The game of trapball itself.
14.NounThe game of trapball itself.
15.NounA vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold."trap phone; trap car"
16.NounAn area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
17.NounA genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
18.NounA successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear."After 100 traps, the arresting cables have to be replaced to minimize the danger of a worn or fatigued cable snapping under an aircraft."
19.NounA light two-wheeled carriage with springs."a horse and trap"
20.NounA person's mouth."Keep your trap shut."
21.NounSynonym of vagina.
22.NounA policeman.
23.NounBelongings.
24.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."
25.NounTrapshooting.
26.NounA mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
27.NounThe money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
28.VerbTo physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap."to trap foxes"
29.VerbTo ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap."Be careful not to trap your finger in the door."
30.VerbTo provide with a trap."to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe"
31.VerbTo set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping."trap for beaver; They trapped north along the river."
32.VerbTo successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear."After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz."
33.VerbTo leave suddenly, to flee.
34.VerbTo capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
35.VerbTo attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
36.VerbOf a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
37.VerbTo sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
38.NounA dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
39.VerbTo dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
40.NounThe trapezius muscle.