Meaning

28 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A 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.

    Falle

    лову́шкаlovúška, западня́zapadnjá, капка́нkapkán

    па́сткаpástka, ха́пкаxápka

  2. (countable, uncountable)A 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. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable)A (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. (countable, derogatory, informal, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.

    трапtrap

  5. (countable, informal, slang, uncountable)A 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. (countable, uncountable)An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

    They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.

  8. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

    (countable, uncountable)A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

    Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.

    Falltür, Fallgrube

    люкljuk, лазlaz

    люкljuk

  9. A 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.

    (countable, uncountable)A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.

  12. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.

    (countable, uncountable)The game of trapball itself.

Examples

624 sentences
  1. Do you think it's a trap?

    Гадаєш, це пастка?

    ruДумаешь, это ловушка?

    deGlaubst du, es ist eine Falle?

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  2. It turned out to be a trap.

    Це виявилося пасткою.

    ruЭто оказалось ловушкой.

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  3. He set a trap to catch the animal.

    Він поставив пастку, що спіймати звіра.

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  4. Is it a trap?

    Це пастка?

    ruЭто ловушка?

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  5. We should set a trap.

    Ми маємо поставити капкан.

    ruМы должны поставить ловушку.

    deWir sollten eine Falle stellen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
device designed to catch or kill animals:
covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor:
Русский
By meaning 7
trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense:
bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases:
device designed to catch or kill animals:
someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female:
covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor:
(historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs:
slang: mouth:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense:
bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases:
covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor:
slang: mouth:

Origin

From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræ

From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Germanic *trapjaną (“to tread, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (“to step, trip, trample”).

Borrowed from Swedish trapp (“step, stair, stairway”), from Middle Low German trappe (“stair, step”).

Clipping of trapezius.

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Forms

plural: traps
Singulartrap
Pluraltraps

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

71 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • set a trap
  • be a trap
  • trapped in the
  • trap to catch
  • is trapped in
  • was trapped inside
  • trapped inside
  • felt trapped
  • a trap to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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