trap

noun

1. A device for taking game or other animals
2. Something by which one is caught or stopped unawares
3. 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
4. The act or an instance of trapping the ball in soccer
5. A defensive maneuver in basketball in which two defenders converge quickly on the ball handler to steal the ball or force a bad pass
6. A device for hurling clay pigeons into the air
7. Sand trap
8. 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
9. Mouth
10. A light usually one-horse carriage with springs
11. Any of various devices for preventing passage of something often while allowing other matter to proceed
12. A group of percussion instruments (such as a bass drum, snare drums, and cymbals) used especially in a dance or jazz band
13. An arrangement of rock strata that favors the accumulation of oil and gas
14. 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

1. To catch or take in or as if in a trap entrap
2. To place in a restricted position confine

   "trapped in the burning wreck"

3. To provide or set (a place) with traps
4. Stop, hold

   "these mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean"

5. To separate out (something, such as water from steam)
6. To catch (something, such as a baseball) immediately after a bounce
7. To block out (a defensive football player) by means of a trap
8. To stop and gain control of (a soccer ball) with a part of the body other than the hands or arms
9. To engage in trapping animals (as for furs)
10. To make a defensive trap in basketball

noun

1. 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

1. To adorn with or as if with trappings or decorations

   "The knightly housing's ample fold / Was velvet blue, and trapped with gold."

noun

1. Traprock

noun

1. Any of various dark-colored fine-grained igneous rocks (such as basalt) used especially in road making

noun

1. A trap for insects that uses a form of black light perceptible to particular insects as an attractant

noun

1. A trap for the unwary or unsuspecting pitfall
2. A concealed explosive device contrived to go off when some harmless-looking object is touched

noun

1. A structure or situation that is potentially very dangerous to life

noun

1. 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