Encage
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noun
- A device for taking game or other animals
- Something by which one is caught or stopped unawares
- A 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
- The act or an instance of trapping the ball in soccer
- A defensive maneuver in basketball in which two defenders converge quickly on the ball handler to steal the ball or force a bad pass
- A device for hurling clay pigeons into the air
- Sand trap
- A 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
- Mouth
- A light usually one-horse carriage with springs
- Any of various devices for preventing passage of something often while allowing other matter to proceed
- A group of percussion instruments (such as a bass drum, snare drums, and cymbals) used especially in a dance or jazz band
- An arrangement of rock strata that favors the accumulation of oil and gas
- A measured stretch of a course over which electronic timing devices measure the speed of a vehicle (such as a racing car or dragster)
verb
- To catch or take in or as if in a trap entrap
- To place in a restricted position confine
"trapped in the burning wreck"
- To provide or set (a place) with traps
- Stop, hold
"these mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean"
- To separate out (something, such as water from steam)
- To catch (something, such as a baseball) immediately after a bounce
- To block out (a defensive football player) by means of a trap
- To stop and gain control of (a soccer ball) with a part of the body other than the hands or arms
- To engage in trapping animals (as for furs)
- To make a defensive trap in basketball
noun
- Rap music typically featuring heavy bass, synthesized drums, and triplet-based see triplet rhythms
"Trap, an Atlanta-born rap subgenre, is characterized by sharp snares and booming bass, as well as … minor-key melodies."
verb
- To adorn with or as if with trappings or decorations
"The knightly housing's ample fold / Was velvet blue, and trapped with gold."
noun
- Traprock
noun
- Any of various dark-colored fine-grained igneous rocks (such as basalt) used especially in road making
noun
- A trap for insects that uses a form of black light perceptible to particular insects as an attractant
noun
- A trap for the unwary or unsuspecting pitfall
- A concealed explosive device contrived to go off when some harmless-looking object is touched
noun
- A structure or situation that is potentially very dangerous to life
noun
- A jawed usually steel trap that is used to hold a wild mammal and operates by springing closed and clamping onto the leg of the animal that steps on it
This clue was used on January 8, 2025.
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