trap
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
trap
n 1: a device in which something (usually an animal) can be
caught and penned
2: drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that
holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
3: something (often something deceptively attractive) that
catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions";
"it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: {trap}, {snare}]
4: a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
5: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by
surprise [syn: {ambush}, {ambuscade}, {lying in wait},
{trap}]
6: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {trap}, {cakehole},
{hole}, {maw}, {yap}, {gob}]
7: a light two-wheeled carriage
8: a hazard on a golf course [syn: {bunker}, {sand trap},
{trap}]
v 1: place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was
trapped in a difficult situation" [syn: {trap}, {pin down}]
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn:
{trap}, {entrap}, {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
3: hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth
trap food particles"
4: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned
under the fallen tree" [syn: {trap}, {pin}, {immobilize},
{immobilise}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trap \Trap\, v. t. [AS. treppan. See {Trap} a snare.]
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1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
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2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I
trapped the foe." --Dryden.
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3. To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a
sewer pipe. See 4th {Trap}, 5.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trap \Trap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trapping}.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from
an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of
cloth.]
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
horses.
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Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
--Chaucer.
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To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
--Spenser.
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There she found her palfrey trapped
In purple blazoned with armorial gold. --Tennyson.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trap \Trap\, n. [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe,
G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this
class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one
another, like steps. See {Tramp}.] (Geol.)
An old term rather loosely used to designate various
dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the
feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid,
etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also
{trap rock}.
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{Trap tufa}, {Trap tuff}, a kind of fragmental rock made up
of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trap \Trap\, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe,
OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which
is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F.
trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.]
1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a
spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap
for foxes.
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She would weep if that she saw a mouse
Caught in a trap. --Chaucer.
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2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which
one may be caught unawares.
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Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom.
xi. 9.
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God and your majesty
Protect mine innocence, or I fall into
The trap is laid for me! --Shak.
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3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in
the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one
end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air
by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing
into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot
at.
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4. The game of trapball.
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5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil
pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents
form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but
permits the flow of liquids.
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6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates
for want of an outlet.
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7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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8. A kind of movable stepladder. --Knight.
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{Trap stairs}, a staircase leading to a trapdoor.
{Trap tree} (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it
furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st {Jack}.
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from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
trap
1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some
exceptional situation in the user program. In most cases, the OS
performs some action, then returns control to the program.
2. vi. To cause a trap. "These instructions trap to the monitor." Also
used transitively to indicate the cause of the trap. "The monitor
traps all input/output instructions."
This term is associated with assembler programming (interrupt or
exception is more common among {HLL} programmers) and appears to be
fading into history among programmers as the role of assembler
continues to shrink. However, it is still important to computer
architects and systems hackers (see {system}, sense 1), who use it to
distinguish deterministically repeatable exceptions from
timing-dependent ones (such as I/O interrupts).
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
trap
1. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some
exceptional situation in the user program. In most cases, the
OS performs some action, then returns control to the program.
2. To cause a trap. "These instructions trap to the monitor."
Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the trap.
"The monitor traps all input/output instructions."
This term is associated with assembler programming
("interrupt" or "exception" is more common among {HLL}
programmers) and appears to be fading into history among
programmers as the role of assembler continues to shrink.
However, it is still important to computer architects and
systems hackers (see {system}, sense 1), who use it to
distinguish {deterministic}ally repeatable exceptions from
timing-dependent ones (such as I/O interrupts).
[{Jargon File}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "trap":
Dionaea, French door, John Law, allure, allurement, ambuscade,
ambush, ambushment, archway, artifice, back door, bag, bait,
bait the hook, baited trap, barway, bazoo, beguile, birdlime,
blind, bobby, booby trap, bulkhead, bull, carriage entrance, catch,
catch out, catch up, cellar door, cellarway, chaps, charm, chops,
come-on, confine, conspiracy, constable, deadfall, deathtrap,
deceive, deception, decoy, decoy duck, device, door, doorjamb,
doorpost, doorway, drawcard, drawing card, dupe, embouchure,
endearment, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, enticement, entoil,
entrap, enweb, face, feint, firetrap, flytrap, fool, foul,
front door, gab, gambit, gate, gatepost, gateway, gendarme, gin,
gob, ground bait, harpoon, hatch, hatchway, hold, hook, hook in,
imprison, intrigue, inveigle, inveiglement, jaw, jaws, jowls, keep,
kisser, land, lasso, lime, lintel, lips, lock, lure, lurking hole,
machination, mandibles, maneuver, maw, maxilla, mesh, mine,
mole trap, mousetrap, mouth, mug, mush, muzzle, nail, net, noose,
oral cavity, paddy, peeler, pitfall, plot, ploy, police, porch,
portal, porte cochere, postern, premaxilla, propylaeum, pylon,
rattrap, rope, row, ruse, sack, scuttle, seducement, set gun,
shadowing, side door, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spear,
spread the toils, spring gun, springe, stalking-horse, stile,
storm door, stratagem, subterfuge, surveillance, take, tangle,
tangle up with, temptation, threshold, tollgate, trap door,
trapfall, trick, trip, turnpike, turnstile, wile, wind, yap
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